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 Phoebe Howell.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Calvin Kauley (right) and Luther Dah-hah (left). Dah-ha is wearing a band uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Alene Conover. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Alene Conover.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Justin Shedee wearing a uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Naomi Merkel (Kohten).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Bruce Patterson, wearing school uniform and hat, posed next to a wooden gate. 

The handwritten note reads: Bruce Patterson.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Called "Mike" by the soldiers. He was riding with his mother when she was shot. Carlisle Indian School. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: CS-CH-001a.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Thomas Kose.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Harry Kohpay in uniform (probably band uniform) holding drum sticks.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Charlotte Wilson. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Jesse Cornelius and Jenoson Schanadore, both in school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Jenoson Schanadore.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of James King and Louis King, both wearing school uniforms. 

Note: James was two years older than Louis, and so it is probably Louis standing at left and James seated at right. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius (left) and Edwin Schanandore wearing athletic clothing, holding a baseball mitt and ball. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Harry Kohpay, Lyman Kennedy, Morgan Toprock, and Ralph Naltuey, all wearing baseball uniforms with variations of "YA" on the front. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Talbot Goday. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Thomas Woodman and an unidentified male student, both wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Paul Boynton. A handwritten caption written along the side of the image probably reads: Paul Boynton and 1889.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Thomas Skenandore, Adam Metoxen, and James R. Wheelock. Two are wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Perry Kennerly wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Henry Old Eagle.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

The handwritten note reads: CHOATE

The reverse side reads: Old Guard House    Capt. R. H. Pratt Supt.    Old Chapel.     Supt. Quarters.      Ass't Supt. Quarters     Small Boys' Quarters.     Hospital and Disiplinarian's Quarters      Rosa W. Thunder as she arrived          Rosa White Thunder (Sioux) after 3 yrs.      3 Sioux boys as they arrived        Same 3 Sioux boys after 1 yr.       John Kitson (Menominee)     Rebecca Big Star (Sioux)        Whole School       Richard W. Y. Robe        New school Building       Noted Indian chiefs       Dining Room      Campus, after school          Three Pueblos        Calvin Kawley (Kiowa)        Offices and Teachers' Quarters         Tom Torlino (Navajoe) after 3 yrs.      Indian Printer Boys      Tom Torlino (Navajoe) as he arrived     Girls' Quarters        Bruce Patterson (Apache)       Large Boys' Quarters           Hector Cat (Kiowa)         Etahdleuh Doanmoe (Kiowa baby)        Belinda Archiquette (Oneida)       Charlie Kerime (Pueblo)      Gymnasium       Interior view of Printing Office        Carlisle School Choir        Dining Hall and Girls' Industrial Department      Group of Small Girls    White Buffalo (Cheyenne)      Two Apache Babies

Cabinet card composite photo of various images of people and spaces of the Carlisle Indian School.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah (right) and Lyman Kennedy (left), both probably wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Noble Prentis.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Joseph Harris.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution