Images

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 Mildred Sikkieh wearing school uniform, holding a straw hat. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Joseph Little Brave wearing a school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Meta Atsye and Lora Situwitsuh, both probably wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of five visiting chiefs with five male students and one female student. 

Note: The glass plate is broken so that only four chiefs are visible. Previous cataloging indicates that these sitters are from the Arapaho Nation.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Lois Pretty Scalp.

Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections also has a copy of this version (CIS-P-0018).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture

Copy of a photograph of a studio portrait of five Native American chiefs. 

Previous cataloging indicates these people are from the Arapaho nation.

This may be a copy of a photograph taken by Choate of chiefs who visisted Carlisle. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative, Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Rose White Thunder. Sioux.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-043a. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Justin Shedee (right) and Victor Tozoski (left).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of a Native American young man. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Tom Torlino.

The Cumberland County Historical Society also has four copies of this image: PA-CH2-004b, 12-26-04, BS-CH-12, and US-50b.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Josie Vetter wearing a school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Lois Pretty Scalp.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Candelaria Quintana.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of five visiting chiefs and ten female students. 

The handwritten caption indicates these are Cheyenne chiefs. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Tom Torlino (seated) and George S. Watchman (standing).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper (George Nyruah), and Justin Head, all wearing school uniforms.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Frank West. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of a group of female students posed on the steps of a school building. There are nine people in the group. Eight of them are definitely students. The ninth, seated in the chair at left right, may be a student or a teacher. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Mae Paisano and her brother, Willie H. Paisano, both wearing school uniforms.

Note: Although the school documents consistently use the incorrect spelling "May," family members have indicated that her name was properly spelled "Mae."

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of eighteen young female Pueblo students, all wearing school uniforms. A few are holding dolls.

The handwritten note reads: Group of girl students at Indian School. Carlisle, Pa.

The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: BS-CH-043. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth (left) and Casper Edson (right).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of a visiting chief, three male students, and one white man. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Owen Fire and Festus Pelone, both wearing school uniforms and holding straw boater hats. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society