Images



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 Frank Campeau.

Note: A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Frank Campeau.

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 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

Studio portrait of Joseph Ezhuna. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

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

Studio portrait of Mark Evarts. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Morgan Toprock (left) and Jonas Place (right).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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 Julia Long (on left) and Lizzie Hill (on right). 

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 nine male students, identified by the caption as being from the Nez Perce nation.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of David Abraham dressed in a uniform, probably a band uniform.

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: David Abraham

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Peter Snow and Fred Big Horse. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Kate Stocker and Jessie Spread Hands.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

The Mishler family sits for a portrait around 1890. Two members of the Mishler family, Louis Jr. and Charles, would attend the Carlisle Indian School.

Standing, left to right: Charles Mishler, Louis Mishler Jr.

Sitting, left to right: Louis Mishler Sr., [unidentified], Margaret McCarthy Mishler

This image was digitized from the private collection of Pat Monroe, descendant of Louis Mishler.

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Private Collection

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

Studio portrait of Norman Casadore (standing) and Stephen Smith (sitting).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of male and female students posed on steps of a building on the school grounds. The caption says that they are "Assiniboine and Yankton Sioux from Fort Peck, Montana." 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of a large group of male students, some in uniform, some not, posed on the school grounds with fence and trees in background. There is a white man in the center of the group. The caption states that this is the student group, "Standard Society, 1890." 

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 55. It is captioned there:  THE STANDARD DEBATING SOCIETY.

The Standards represent the oldest Literary Society of the School and have had under various names twelve years of life. From a very crude beginning, through much coaching and fostering, its members have developed a society of debaters in which live questions of national and international policy, as well as grave ethical questions, are discussed, much to the benefit of the students and the School.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Portrait of a large group of male students, some in school uniforms and some not, posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. There is a white man standing at the far right of the group. The caption states that this is the student group "Standard Society, 1890."

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-009 and 10-B-20. In the latter, the group is identified as the Standard Literary Society. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

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 states that this is the student group, "Invincible Society, 1890." 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-008 and 10-B-32. The latter copy identifies this group as the Invincible Literary Society. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

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

Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Portrait of a large group of female students with one white woman in the center, posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as the student group the Endeavor Society and dates the image to 1890. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-007 and 10-B-21. The caption for the latter copy names the group as the Endeavor Literary Society. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society