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 William Cochrane.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: William Cochrane.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha. Betzinez is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Janette Woods and Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Tivis (at left) and Frank Everett (at right). Everett is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jessie Bitter wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Talbot Goday wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Richard Davis and Paul Good Bear. Davis is probably standing at left, in non-native clothing, and Good Bear is probably standing at right in school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mike Buffalo Thigh (left) and Paul Good Bear (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Burdett Tsis-nah, posed with a hat and umbrella.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mike Buffalo Thigh (left) and Paul Good Bear (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lucy Tsisnah.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Morgan Toprock and Donald Water.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of George Means (seated at left), Nicholas Ruleau (standing at rear), and Eugene Means [?] (seated at right).
Note: There is no record for a student named Eugene Means. This name in the handwritten caption is very hard to read.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Cora Poor Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alphonso Eolisto and Joseph Ezhuna.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of fifteen male students wearing school uniforms.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian Printers. 1. Robert Mathews, Pawnee ; 2. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo ; 3. Paul Boynton, Arapahoe ; 4. Lorenzo Martinez, Pueblo ; 5. Benajah Miles, Arapahoe ; 6. Carl Lieder, Crow ; 7. Bennie Thomas, Pueblo ; 8. Levi St. Cyr, Winnebago; 9. Howard Logan, Winnebago ; 10. Charlie Dagenett, Peoria ; 11. Dennison Wheelock, Oneida ; 12. Joe Harris, Gros Ventre ; 13. Geo. Valier, Quapaw ; 14. Henry Philips, Alaskan Thlinket ; 15. Charlie Moncravie, Omaha.
This photograph was donated by James Herster in 2014.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has a copy of this image (CS-CH-077) but it has no identifying information associated with it.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of George Ladeaux wearing a band uniform and holding a brass horn instrument.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charles Istee, Humphrey Escharzay, and Thomas Pelcoya [?]; two are wearing school uniforms.
Note: The identification of Thomas Pelcoya is preliminary. Previously cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the name "Thomas," and Thomas Pelcoya is the only male Apache student who attended at the same time as the other sitters in the image.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Morgan and Rose Howell. Morgan is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Josiah Powlas.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of seventeen Native American girls in their own clothing, probably upon arrival at the school.
The original caption written on the album page for this image identifies them as Pueblo girls who had entered in August 1884. But that caption was crossed out in pencil at a later date and the note added "Incorrectly marked." This corresponds with the information supplied that indicates these are not people from the Pueblo nation. A visitor to the website explained why the original caption on this image may be incorrect:
"While the caption reads "Pueblo girls," the Dentalium Shell Earrings worn by two of the girls, and the Silver Concho Belts worn by three of the girls, are both more typical cultural dress of girls from the Northern Plains, such as the Hunkpapa Dakota tribe or the Yankton Dakota tribe, and not the cultural dress of girls from any of the Pueblos of the Southwest."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Henry Standing Bear, and Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Julia Given.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Moses Culbertson and Constant Bread; one is wearing a school uniform.
Note: Cataloging information provided by the National Anthropological Archives gives a date of October 1889 for this image, but both of these students left in July of 1888.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
