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 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 Abram Hill wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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 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 Levi St. Cyr wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Oswald Smith.
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
![Laura Standing Elk [version 2], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_088a.jpg?itok=IEwUC3DY "Laura Standing Elk [version 2], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Laura Standing Elk.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lucy Tsisnah [version 2], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_054b.jpg?itok=lFcuiqlC "Lucy Tsisnah [version 2], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Lucy Tsisnah.
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 Josiah Powlas.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Morgan Toprock and Donald Water.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 Anson Garlick.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Turewei, Yamie Leeds, Thomas Kose, and Bert Wetmore. All are wearing school uniforms.
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 William White Bear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hulda Kinzhuna and Arnold Kinzhuna.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Arnold Kinzhuna (standing at right) and Hulda Kinzhuna (seated at left) with an unidentified boy and girl.
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 Suison [version 1], 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0064.jpg?itok=O0IB5p-g "Eunice Suison [version 1], 1888")
Studio portrait of Eunice Suisson, infant daughter of student Annette Suison.
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
![Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74371.jpg?itok=4oK84BAk "Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha [version 1], c.1888")
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
![Yamie Leeds [version 1], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74087.jpg?itok=60JcG3iN "Yamie Leeds [version 1], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Yamie Leeds.
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