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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![Eight Chippewa male students [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_079b.jpg?itok=l_yJNjpu "Eight Chippewa male students [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of eight male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption states that they are from the Chippewa nation.
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
Studio portrait of three unidentified male students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of thirteen unidentified male students and twelve unidentified female students dressed formally and posed on the school grounds.
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 Benjamin Doxtator (seated at left) and Hugh James (standing at right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Eight Chippewa male students [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74322.jpg?itok=2k8F07xF "Eight Chippewa male students [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of eight male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption states that they are all from the Chippewa nation.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of an unidentified male student.
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
![Peter Cornelius [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73522.jpg?itok=d7I49T_3 "Peter Cornelius [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius wearing a uniform and holding a cornet.
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
Studio portrait of Daniel Jackson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 an unidentified male student.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Edward Davis wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Peter Cornelius [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_051c.jpg?itok=qt8IpAUX "Peter Cornelius [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Peter Cornelius wearing a uniform holding a cornet.
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
![Benjamin Caswell [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74167.jpg?itok=8oPHFiv8 "Benjamin Caswell [version 1], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Benjamin Caswell
Handwritten caption along side of image probably reads: Benjamin Caswell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Leila Cornelius.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Clay Domieah.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of J. Grover Ground wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_088b.jpg?itok=EOTDhets "Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree) [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_020c.jpg?itok=vhTPPKrp "Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree) [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Cotton Wood (Cotton Wood Tree).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Otto Zotoum, Levi St. Cyr, Chauncey Yellow Robe, and John Tyler [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch057.jpg?itok=X5Ucohzw "Otto Zotoum, Levi St. Cyr, Chauncey Yellow Robe, and John Tyler [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Otto Zotoum, Levi St. Cyr, Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and John Tyler.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Sarah Walker [version 1], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74029.jpg?itok=WDEcVKSS "Sarah Walker [version 1], c.1890")
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