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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![John Tyler, Samuel Noble, Paul Good Bear, and Luke Bear Shield [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74337.jpg?itok=axqJHEPx "John Tyler, Samuel Noble, Paul Good Bear, and Luke Bear Shield [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of John Tyler, Samuel Noble, Paul Good Bear, and Luke Bear Shield, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nellie Spruce.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Noble and John Tyler, both wearing school uniforms.
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
![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
![Esther Johnson [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73819.jpg?itok=531x-h58 "Esther Johnson [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Esther Johnson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James Paints Yellow and Dell Whiting.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mary Johnson.
Note: There are two students named Mary Johnson. This is probably the Mary Johnson from the Stockbridge nation who arrived in 1888 when she was 15 years old and departed in 1892. The other Mary Johnson was from the Onondaga nation, arrived in November 1883 and departed in June 1884. No age was given for her.
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
A composite of 16 photographs of the school. The captions read: Small Boys’ Quarters, Ass’t. Supt’s. Quarters, Superintendent’s Quarters, Chapel, Guard House, Hospital, Disciplinarian’s Quarters, Band Stand, After School, School Building, Large Boys’ Quarters, Christmas Dinner, School Room, Office & Teachers’ Quarters, Gymnasium, Girls’ Quarters, Girls’ Industrial Hall and Dining-room, Shops.
The handwritten note reads: Buildings of Government Indian School at Carlisle, Pa.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: PA-CH2-022.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of George Ell (seated at left), Philip Lavatta (standing center), and Charles Buck (seated at right, all wearing school uniforms.
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 Ezra Ricker and Quincy Adams.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Perry Laravie.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Laban Locojim.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Eliza Johnson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sarah Ninham, Melinda Thomas, and Marian King, all probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Wood Nashozey and three unidentified male Apache students (all wearing school uniforms). The small boy in the center may be Ambrose Chachu.
Note: A researcher has identified Wood Nashozey as sitting at left, standing is Clement Seanilzay, sitting at right is Frederick Skahsejah.
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 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 Percy Zadoka.
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 Bertrand Kennerly wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Keiser and Maggie Keiser.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution