Images | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center

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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Owen Fire and Festus Pelone, c.1885

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

Richard Henry Pratt, c.1885

The handwritten note reads: Capt Pratt. Supt of Indian School Carlisle Pa.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Hoo-sa-tau-lus [?], c.1885

Studio portrait of Hoo-sa-tau-lus [?], an Apache chief.

Note: There is no original caption for this photograph. This identification was provided by an unknown source at the Cumberland County Historical Society.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Max Spotted Tail, c.1885

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Max Spotted Tail. Sioux boy from Rosebud, Dakota.

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.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Mae Paisano and Willie H. Paisano [version 2], c.1885

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

Meta Atsye and Lora Situwitsuh [version 2], c.1885

Studio portrait of Meta Atsye and Lora Situwitsuh.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Esther Miller [version 2], c.1885

Studio portrait of Esther Miller.

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.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

How se-eh, c.1885

Studio portrait of How se-eh.

Note: This student was identified in the caption as Kowseah.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Candelaria Quintana [version 1], c.1885

Studio portrait of Candelaria Quintana.