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 Carrie Cornelius.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charles Buck.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of seven visiting chiefs with two older Native American men (possibly also chiefs) and three male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius (on left) and William Baird (on right).
A partially illegible handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Peter Cornelius and William Baird.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Esther Johnson [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_032A.jpg?itok=FZZSjJg7 "Esther Johnson [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Esther Johnson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of David Rice Hill wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Ellis wearing school uniform.
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
Studio portrait of Colonel Elk Horn.
A handwritten caption along the top of the image probably reads: Colonel Horn.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Norman Casadore and Stephen Smith [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_078b.jpg?itok=qQu_1_dz "Norman Casadore and Stephen Smith [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Norman Casadore (standing) and Stephen Smith (sitting).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Ell (left) and Anthony Austin (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jane Willis and Isabella Willis, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Conner.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of five unidentified male students: three younger boys wearing school uniforms, and two older male students.
Previous cataloging interprets part of the caption as reading James.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Kate Stocker and Jessie Spread Hands.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Patrick Bitter [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_030A.jpg?itok=EBvnzFVu "Patrick Bitter [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Patrick Bitter holding a large light bowler hat.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph Blackbear in school uniform.
Note: This image contains partial caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Levi St. Cyr [version 3], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_055a.jpg?itok=RhOr-arq "Levi St. Cyr [version 3], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student in a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Louis Caswell and Benjamin Caswell [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2074052.jpg?itok=RaSjVgn4 "Louis Caswell and Benjamin Caswell [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Louis Caswell (left) and Benjamin Caswell (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Julia Long and Lizzie Hill [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73638.jpg?itok=lu5bCC08 "Julia Long and Lizzie Hill [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Julia Long (left) and Lizzie Hill (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Rose Howell possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Student portrait of an unidentified male student.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Luther Dah-hah.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution