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 Harry Kohpay, Robert Penn, and Paul Lovejoy, all wearing athletic attire and posing with baseball equipment.
Note: The identificaiton of Robert Penn is preliminary.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Sarah Walker [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_csch010.jpg?itok=vPY2NvWR "Sarah Walker [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Sarah Walker.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![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 Cora Poor Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emanuel Powless.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jenoson Schanadore in athletic clothing.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer, George Scott, and George Vallier. Two are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of David Hodgson (standing) and Frank Shane (seated). Hodgson is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Susan Summers and Alice Sheffield, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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
Studio portrait of Laban Locojim (at left) and Stephen Smith (at right). Locojim is wearing an overcoat.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![View of the school grounds from the school building [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/12-07-04.jpg?itok=OrIDE8Jw "View of the school grounds from the school building [version 2], c.1884")
View of the school grounds looking east/northeast, probably taken from the porch of the School Building. On the left is the Teachers' Quarters, with a fence around the area behind the quarters. On the right is the Chapel. The Large Boys' Quarters is visible in the center in the distance.
The Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections also has a copy of this image: CIS-MC-003, box 1, folder 13.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Invincible Society [version 1], 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73466.jpg?itok=Ewol2B9X "Invincible Society [version 1], 1890")
Portrait of a large group of male students, some holding instruments, with a white man in the center of the bottom row. They are posed on the front steps of a building on the school grounds. The caption on the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image states that this is the student group Invincible Society, 1890.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Seven male Crow students with John Nisley [version 1], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73416.jpg?itok=iHBsOkO3 "Seven male Crow students with John Nisley [version 1], c.1885")
Studio portrait of seven male students with one white boy. The caption for the National Anthropological Archives version of this image identifies the white boy as John Nisley. Cumberland County Historical Society cataloging identifies the students as being from the Crow Nation. Richard Wallace is standing in the center, and George Thomas is standing on the right.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Noble, Francis Garcia, Paul Good Bear (far right). Two are wearing school uniforms.
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 Ralph Naltuey and Lucius Bird, both holding hats.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mawbeens Waymegance wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James Waldo.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joshua Walker wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Seventeen print shop workers [version 2], 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_058d.jpg?itok=e1Ik2JJ0 "Seventeen print shop workers [version 2], 1890")
Studio portrait of seventeen male students, identified as "printer boys."
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-058d and CS-CH-084.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Seventeen print shop workers [version 1], 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73642.jpg?itok=G1EAdl6- "Seventeen print shop workers [version 1], 1890")
Studio portrait of seventeen male students, identified as "printer boys."
The National Anthropological Archives has two negatives of this image: NAA 73642 and NAA 73382.
The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image has the date 1890 in the caption.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Knox Nostlin wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Louis Caswell and Benjamin Caswell [version 2], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_033C.jpg?itok=jC4sKzCu "Louis Caswell and Benjamin Caswell [version 2], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Louis Caswell (left) and Benjamin Caswell (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society