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 Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe) wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Roland Fish, Hiram Doctor, and Owen Fire, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing a uniform, probably a band uniform.
Note: The handwritten caption is difficult to read. The first name appears to be "Phillip."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Cyrus, Sioux.
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.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-059c.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Esther Miller wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portratit of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The caption reads: The same Pueblo girls are seen in the photograph above, six months after arrival at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: After
This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Robert R. Rowe Private Collection
Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified female student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a Navajo chief, probably Black Horse.
Identification based on identifications made by CCHS on PA-CH1-059b and CS-CH-064.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Young Bull Bear, a Cheyenne chief, with his brothers Oscar Bull Bear (left) and Richard Davis.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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
Studio portrait of a visiting chief, three male students, and one white man.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
View of the tailor shop showing students working with an instructor.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-086a and BS-CH-047.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a Joactoras, a visiting Arapaho chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student wearing a school uniform.
A handwritten caption identifies this student as "Nephew of Red Cloud, Sioux." We have unable to verify which student this might have been.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Princeton University Library, Department of Special Collections
The guard house with a figure standing in the central doorway.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Existing building (the South Barracks) used as the first school building. Students are posed on the balconies and lined up to enter the building. A sign attached at the near end of the building reads "Schoolrooms."
This building was demolished in July 1888 and replaced with a new building for the same purpose.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-002, 10A-C-02, and 12-08-03.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the dining hall at the school, all tables filled by students. Male and female students are seated on opposite sides of the tables. There are a few adult white people standing at right.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of teacher Emma A. Cutter.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Studio portrait of teacher Vincentine T. Booth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Formation of students on the northeastern end of the school grounds, near the enclosing fence with a farm in the distance. They are all male students in uniform, in rows with the band in the front. The location seems to be roughly where the athletic field was later laid out, to the east of the industrial workshops.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
