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 Frank Dorian. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Juan Cordero, Awancishua, and an unidentified male student.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of twelve male students in school uniforms. 

Previous cataloging interprets part of the caption as saying student Howard Logan is in this group. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Minnie Billen [?] (left) and Rosa Lewis (right).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Rose Kowuni and Annie Kowuni, both probably wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe) wearing a school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Joshua Given and Julia Given.

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

Studio portrait of Frank Conroy.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of John Elm. 

A handwritten caption written along the side of the image probably reads: John Elm.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Plenty Living Bear wearing school uniform.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Plenty Living Bear

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.

The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-064d.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee (left), Bishop Eatennah (center), and Oswald Smith (right). All are wearing school uniforms.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: James B. Garcia and Santiago

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

Studio portrait of thirteen male students wearing school uniforms.

The printed note on the reverse side reads: 1. Bennie Thomas, Pueblo Tribe, 2. Lorenzo Martinez, Pueblo, 3. Willie Butcher, Chippewa, 4. C. P. Cornelius, Oneida, 5. Dennison Wheelock, Oneida, 6. Samuel Townsend, Pawnee, 7. Richard Davis, Cheyenne, 8. Howard Logan, Winnebago, 9. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo, 10. Paul Boynton, Arapahoe, 11. John D. Miles, Cheyenne, 12. Benajah Miles, Arapahoe, 13. Joe B. Harris, Gros Ventre.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: CS-CH-078.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: John Gunn   Pueblo

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

Studio portrait of Ernie Black and Jennie Black.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ernie Black and Sister. Cheyennes from Ind. Ter.

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

Studio portrait of Isaac Cutter (standing at left) and Constant Bread (seated at right); Bread is wearing a school uniform. 

Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably says: I. Cutter and Constant Bread.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Minnie Yellow Bear. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Norman Casadore.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Norman Casadore.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe, posed seated upright in a chair. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Strike Axe, a visting Osage chief.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture

Studio portrait of Henry Horse Looking (left) and an unidentified male student (right). 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of two male students in school uniforms.  One of them is probably John Londrosh. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution