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 Jane Willis and Isabella Willis, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Percy Zadoka.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Benjamin American Horse wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Andrew Medler wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_056a.jpg?itok=jQeSI3FV "Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Lydia Gardner, Nannie Little Robe, and Ethel Black Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Otto Zotoum (standing at left) and Stacy Matlock (seated at right). Matlock is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of George Ell (left) and Anthony Austin (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Josiah Archiquette wearing school uniform.
Note: This sitter in this image was previously identified as Joshua Archiquette. However, there is no student by that name in the school records. Therefore, we now believe this to be Josiah Archiquette.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Chester Cornelius (sitting) and Stacy Matlock (standing), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mark Evarts.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Robert Matthews [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73681.jpg?itok=3-1t7GF9 "Robert Matthews [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Robert Matthews.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mack Short Neck (Red Wolf).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph Ezhuna.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Malpass Cloud and an unidentified young man, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree) [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74404.jpg?itok=60-rzonp "Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree) [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Colton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Eustace Esapoyhet, Frank Everett, and two unidentified young men.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jason Betzinez.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ezra Ricker and Quincy Adams.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Albert Silas wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A composite of different Carlisle Indian School images from around 1890.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa. A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Rose Baunassa.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Daniel Jackson.
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 an unidentified male student.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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