The Images section features photographs, postcards, and different types of artwork, as well as reproductions of images that appeared in newspapers, magazines, and other publications. These images all reflect the Carlisle Indian School students, facilities, and staff. Images available here are drawn from files housed at the U. S. National Archives, from collections of Carlisle Indian School materials housed at various archival repositories, and from a variety of published sources. Visitors to this website are also invited to share copies of photographs from their own personal and family collections; please contact us if you have images you would like to contribute.
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Studio portrait of Rose Howell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Luther Kuhns wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Mary K. Marmon, Lena Carr, and Harry Marmon [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-PC-004-f23.jpg?itok=Uo-Kp_kT "Mary K. Marmon, Lena Carr, and Harry Marmon [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Mary K. Marmon (seated), Lena Carr (standing in center), and Harry Marmon (standing at right).
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mrs. Marmon, Lena Carr, Harry Marmon.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Student Mary K. Marmon was also known as Mrs. Walter Marmon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Mack Kutepi wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Levi Levering [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_020b.jpg?itok=FawUWCuU "Levi Levering [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Levi Levering.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-020b and CS-CH-013.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Kias Red Wolf (standing at right) and an unidentified male student (at left).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Richard Wallace.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Silas Childers wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lena Black Bear [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73401.jpg?itok=LUMAk_ef "Lena Black Bear [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Lena Black Bear probably wearing school uniform. Handwritten along the side of the image: Lena Black Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Dolly Gould probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Fred Big Horse and Clarence White Thunder [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73911.jpg?itok=51PJAjfb "Fred Big Horse and Clarence White Thunder [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Fred Big Horse and Clarence White Thunder, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lena Black Bear [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_013b.jpg?itok=Ju5QEEQv "Lena Black Bear [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Lena Black Bear probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder, posed in profile.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charles Damon, Stailey Norcross, Wood Nashozey, and George S. Watchman. Damon was the youngest, and so is presumably the student at back left wearing a school uniform. Norcross is standing at right, Watchman is probably seated at left and Nashozey is probably seated at right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charlie Bird and Conway Two Cuts. Bird is probably standing and Two Cuts is probably seated and wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Seven Pueblo students [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_044b.jpg?itok=W6jmSwrE "Seven Pueblo students [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of three male students and four female students. The caption identifies them as being from the Pueblo nation.
Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society identified three students based on comparison with other photographs: seated, from left to right Harry Marmon, Francis H. Ortiz, and James B. Garcia.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![George W. Hill [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73595.jpg?itok=_7yix17- "George W. Hill [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of George W. Hill.
Note: The handwritten caption identifies this sitter as George Washington. When he first arrived at the school that was the name Hill was known by.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Louise Wilson [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74091.jpg?itok=99cNDu7U "Louise Wilson [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Louise Wilson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Arnold Woolworth [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_010a.jpg?itok=WQmRAwLF "Arnold Woolworth [version 2], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a female student and a male student, both wearing school uniforms, identified in the caption as being a brother and sister from the Laguna nation.
Based on comparison with other photographs, these are almost certainly Walter and Maria Analla.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Samuel Townsend.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Kish Hawkins, Kias Red Wolf, and Clarence Wolf Face [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73351.jpg?itok=hA6-HzX9 "Kish Hawkins, Kias Red Wolf, and Clarence Wolf Face [version 1], c.1884")
Studio portrait of Kish Hawkins (left), Kias Red Wolf (center), and Clarence Wolf Face (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Tivis.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Glass plate negative image of Little Elk.
The caption reads: Little Elk
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Frank Lock.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution