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 Julia Old Camp, possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Jannies wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Wilkie Sharp.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-063c and PA-CH1-078e.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Paisano family group [?], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73647.jpg?itok=lgqcWB8a "Paisano family group [?], c.1886")
Studio portrait of four male students and three female students, all in school-issued clothes or uniforms.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates this may be a group of students from the Paisano family, possibly with an unrelated student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of George Hill.
Note: When he arrived at Carlisle, Hill was known as George Washington. He is also known as George W. Hill.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joshua Given.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Otto Zotum.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Job Hunterboy and Norman Casadore [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74406.jpg?itok=nnwG02is "Job Hunterboy and Norman Casadore [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Job Hunterboy (standing at left) and Norman Casadore (seated at right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Adam Metoxen (standing) and John Elm (seated), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Walter Analla (standing at left) and Siceni Nori (seated at right), both wearing school uniforms.
Note: The identification of the students pictured is preliminary.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Thomas Metoxen.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jiron, a Native American man (seated at left), Harvey Townsend (standing in center), and Henry Kendall (seated at left).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Everett.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families [version 3], 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0015.jpg?itok=yQyY5KK3 "Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families [version 3], 1886")
Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families posed on the school grounds.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image has information provided by the daughter of one of the employees, who donated the photograph. She says it was taken on June 17, 1886. For further information, see that copy in Related Images.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Annie Thomas.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Ernie Black and Jennie Black [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74379.jpg?itok=oQxb8wdQ "Ernie Black and Jennie Black [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Ernie Black and his sister Jennie Black.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Ernie Black and his Sister.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Ernie Black and Jennie Black [version 3], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_096c.jpg?itok=kyPCgrP2 "Ernie Black and Jennie Black [version 3], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Ernie Black and his sister Jennie Black.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Siceni Nori wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Samuel Keryte [version 2], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_100c.jpg?itok=FujsNWF3 "Samuel Keryte [version 2], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Samuel Keryte wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Levi Levering and Laban Locojim.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Samuel Keryte [version 1], c.1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74077.jpg?itok=fwycuMrm "Samuel Keryte [version 1], c.1886")
Studio portrait of Samuel Keryte wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nellie Aspenall probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nelson Caught the Eagle and an unidentifield young man.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lucy Jourdan.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society