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 Fanny Bird wearing school uniform. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

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

Portrait of a large group of unidentified male students, most in school uniforms, posed on the steps of one of the school buildings. 

The Cumberland County Historial Society has a print of this image which identifies the group as the Union Debating Society. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Barbara Showarumy. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center

Studio portrait of Carrie Cornelius.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center

A group of sixteen female employees posed on the school grounds. All of the sitters, except one, are identified on the back of the photo.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Joel Tyndall.

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the date February 1889.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Arrow Running Horse.

Previous cataloging indicates a date of February 1889 is part of the handwritten caption.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Burdett Tsis-nah and Giles Lancy, one wearing school uniform.

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes a date of March 1879. However, that date cannot be correct. Based on the students' enrollment dates, it is more likely the date is March 1889. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Frederick Dangerous Eagle wearing school uniform. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Fred D. Eagle, March 1889.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Frederick Dangerous Eagle wearing school uniform. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of three male students, two in uniform, with a white man with a large handlebar mustache. The caption identifies the man as J.M. Woodburne. The school paper notes that Dr. Woodburne "of the Rosebud Agency" visited the school in March of 1889. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Carrie Deroin probably wearing school uniform. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Carrie Deroin, March 1889.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of seventeen unidentified male students and three unidentified female students. The caption identifies them as Miss Seabrook's class and provides a date of June 1889. 

School records show Alice M. Seabrook was a teacher at the school from 1885 to 1889. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of five unidentified male students and four unidentified female students.

Cataloging for the National Anthropological Archives version of this image identifies the students as from the Chippewa nation and the date of the image as August 31, 1889. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture

Studio portrait of five unidentified male students and four unidentified female students. 

Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Chippewa nation and provides a date of August 31, 1889 for the image. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Nina Carlisle. 

Note: Information supplied by NAA for the image provides a date of November 1882. However, Nina was not at the school until 1889 and another image apparently taken on the same day was dated November 1889, so we believe that is also the date of this image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Nina Carlisle.

Note: A faint handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Nina Carlisle Nov. 1889." 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of thirteen unidentified female students.

Note: Previous cataloging states the handwritten caption says they are from the La Pointe reservation. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Robert Matthews.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Margaret Yates.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Co-zed (Below). 

Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Below Cozed.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Joseph Ezhuna. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Sarah Walker. 

Note: In the Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Omaha and Winnebago Agency, September 19, 1890, a check mark appears next to the entry for Sarah Walker. Sarah Walker is the only student listed on this document who is not also listed in the admissions ledger, so it seems likely that, for whatever reason, Sarah Walker did not actually enroll at Carlisle.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of James R. Wheelock.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society