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 two unidentified female students wearing school uniforms. A handwritten caption identifies them as "Apache girls."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two unidentified male students.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two unidentified young male students.
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
Studio portrait of Susan Gibson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Emma Bull Bonnet and Sallie Face both probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Everett in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of J. Grover Ground wearing a school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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 William Ellis wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joseph Ezhuna.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lillie Wind.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-074d and PA-CH2-013c.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Julia Given.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Minnie Finley.
Note: This image also contains partial caption information for another photograph.
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
![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 Mack Short Neck (Red 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 Percy Zadoka.
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 Margaret Yates.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of John Tyler wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lydia Gardner.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Robert Tome [?], c.1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_025b.jpg?itok=uUD1M6Ds "Robert Tome [?], c.1890")
Studio portrait of Robert Tome [?] in school uniform.
Note: This student was previous identified as Robert Thomas. There are no records of a student with that name so it seems likely that he is Robert Tome.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society