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 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 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
![Henry Phillips [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74086.jpg?itok=Q9JRFAU9 "Henry Phillips [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah wearing school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Luther Dah-hah.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Sophia Metoxen and Katie Metoxen.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Phoebe Howell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of eleven unidentified young female students.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date January 1889.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio picture of Francis Ortiz wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![William Crazy Bull [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2074203.jpg?itok=M3AhvTG7 "William Crazy Bull [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of William Crazy Bull wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of seven male and seven female students, the first graduating class in 1889.
The are, back row, left to right: Frank Dorian, Joel Tyndall, William F. Campbell, Edwin Schanandore, Thomas Wistar, Joseph B. Harris; middle row (seated), left to right: Kish Hawkins, Eva Johnson, Esther Miller, Lillie Cornelius, Julia Powlas; front row (seated), left to right: Clara Faber, Kate Grindrod, Cecilia Londrosh.
This image also appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 16.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-011 and 15-18-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Hudson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Archiquette (left) and James R. Wheelock (right), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Eustace Esapoyhet.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Johnson Webster (left) and James R. Wheelock (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jemima Wheelock (probably left) and Celicia Wheelock (probably right).
Note: The handwritten caption along the top of this image is very difficult to read, but one of the names appears to be Wheelock. Identification of the sitters is preliminary based on comparison with other images.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Florence Miller and Orpha Miller [version 1], c.1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74212.jpg?itok=1ogKU28T "Florence Miller and Orpha Miller [version 1], c.1889")
Studio portrait of Florence Miller and Orpha Miller.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of David Hodgson, Joe Stewart, and Thomas Stewart, one wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe, the son of students Etadleuh and Laura Doanmoe.
This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jennie Mitchell (probably standing at left) and Jennie Dubray (probably seated at left).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jemima Wheelock.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Nina Carlisle (pose #1) [version 2], 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch006.jpg?itok=F8nmBjd2 "Nina Carlisle (pose #1) [version 2], 1889")
Studio portrait of Nina Carlisle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Brule Iron Eagle Feather, holding a hat and leaning on an umbrella.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joshua Asher and Louis Bedell. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Louis Bedell & Joshua Asher.
Note: Asher was three years older than Bedell. Therefore, it seems likely that it is Asher seated at left, and Bedell seated at right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Martino Vallo posed with a sleeping dog.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Paul Boynton (seated at left), Casper Edson (standing in center), and Theodore North (seated at right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution