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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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 William Short Nose, Rosa Lewis, and Cora Poor Bear.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lucy Tsisnah [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73749.jpg?itok=Zlhn0bMa "Lucy Tsisnah [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Lucy Tsisnah.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Lucy Tsisnah, Burdett Tsisnah, and Virginia Nahaklo (seated). Lucy and Burdett were married to one another.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jemima Two Elks.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Eva Johnson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Thomas Black Bull and Julia Walking Crane.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Richard Wallace wearing an overcoat and holding a hat.
Note: Handwritten caption identifies this student as Dick Wallace.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Anson Garlick.
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
![Eunice Suisson [version 1], 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0064.jpg?itok=O0IB5p-g "Eunice Suisson [version 1], 1888")
Studio portrait of Eunice Suisson, infant daughter of student Annette Suisson.
The note reads: CHOATE, CARLISLE, PA.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Eunice Mason Sois. Apache baby at Carlisle Indian School. 1888.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Charles Clawson.
Handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Charles Clawson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Burdett Tsis-nah [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch016.jpg?itok=2elgN3JH "Burdett Tsis-nah [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Burdett Tsis-nah, posed with a hat and umbrella.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Thomas Kose.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lambert Istone posed next to a bicycle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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
![Laura Standing Elk [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74145.jpg?itok=lQG4t30p "Laura Standing Elk [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Four young men in baseball uniforms [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74444.jpg?itok=uk2iLUHI "Four young men in baseball uniforms [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Harry Kohpay (back left), Lyman Kennedy (back right), Morgan Toprock, (front left), and Ralph Naltuey (front right), all wearing baseball uniforms with "YA" on the front of the shirts.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Albert Sitting Eagle (at left) and Thomas Blackbear (at right). Sitting Eagle is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Benjamin Lawry (at left), Howard Logan (standing in center), and Levi St. Cyr (seated at right). Logan is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Simon Smith (seated at right) and an unidentified male student (standing at left). The unidentified young man is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Amelia Haswell.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Benjamin Lawry and Peter Snow. Both are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution