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 two unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Tom Torlino [version #1], 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0075.jpg?itok=O70pa1y6 "Tom Torlino [version #1], 1885")
Studio portrait of Tom Torlino.
The reverse side includes a printed list of photographs for sale by John N. Choate.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has four copies of this print: PA-CH2-004b, 12-26-04, BS-CH-012, and US-50b.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Tom Torlino [version #3], 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NARA_1327_b018_f0872_0003.jpg?itok=c4_9xDq3 "Tom Torlino [version #3], 1885")
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Tom Torlino, Navajoe, Three years later.
The Cumberland County Historical Society also has four copies of this image: PA-CH2-004b, 12-26-04, BS-CH-012, and US-50b.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students, one wearing a school uniform.
Previous cataloging has identified at least one of the students as being from the Cheyenne tribe.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Almarine McKellop.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students, one wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charlie Carr wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Juan Antonio Chama.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Juan Antonio Chama. What appears to be a date is also written along the side. It seems to be "3/79" but Chama didn't arrive until 1884, so that isn't possible.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified female students wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified young female students wearing white pinafores.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Esther Miller [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73630.jpg?itok=gutwMlAM "Esther Miller [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Esther Miller wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henry A. Russell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
An unidentified male student wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lois Pretty Scalp [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_068a.jpg?itok=Jd2DdVVW "Lois Pretty Scalp [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Lois Pretty Scalp.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Susie Bond and Susie Gray.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Joseph Schweigman [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_037c.jpg?itok=rNu8P4eB "Joseph Schweigman [version 2], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Joseph Schweigman.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of four unidentified male students in school uniforms and two unidentified female students in school-issued clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lyman Kennedy wearing partial school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![John Dixon [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2073708.jpg?itok=WnDU7I76 "John Dixon [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of John Dixon (also known as John Dickson) wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![James H. Miller and Francis Ortiz [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73710.jpg?itok=7dvLPXSq "James H. Miller and Francis Ortiz [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Francis Ortiz (standing at left) and James H. Miller (seated at right). Ortiz is in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Cyrus Windy [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74199.jpg?itok=iJhaQi40 "Cyrus Windy [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Cyrus Windy.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Josie Vetter [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73747.jpg?itok=1q3CEj8i "Josie Vetter [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of Josie Vetter wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Peter Douville in school uniform. Handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Pete Douville.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution