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 Electa Schanandore.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph Evans and Peter Oscar. One is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Stephen Reuben [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_033A.jpg?itok=KO0dolgP "Stephen Reuben [version 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Stephen Reuben wearing school uniform with a star-shaped pin.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock wearing school uniform and holding a hat.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Lydia Flint, Hattie Long Wolf, Etta Robertson, and Luzena Choteau [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_032C.jpg?itok=RPmwLjab "Lydia Flint, Hattie Long Wolf, Etta Robertson, and Luzena Choteau [version 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Lydia Flint, Hattie Long Wolf, Etta Robertson, and Luzena Choteau. All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Alexander Upshaw wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Anni Medicine wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Martin Round Face wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Eddie Running Crane wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Richard Sanderville, William Leighton, and John Frost [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_047b.jpg?itok=-56wRTFJ "Richard Sanderville, William Leighton, and John Frost [version 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Richard Sanderville, William Leighton, and John Frost. Two are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Simon King, Henry Williams, and Martin Christjohn [?], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74228.jpg?itok=z1BvpP0a "Simon King, Henry Williams, and Martin Christjohn [?], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Simon King (right), Henry Williams, and Martin Christjohn [?], all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Melinda Metoxen.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lawney Shorty wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Julia Bent [version 1], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74382.jpg?itok=e0V-5xmb "Julia Bent [version 1], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Julia Bent, probably wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Delia Randell (left) and Minnie Yandell (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer wearing school uniform.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Minnie Yandell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Richard Davis, Nellie Aspenall, and their children [version 2], c. 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NARA_1327_b007_f0305_0001_online.jpg?itok=GPmrVUun "Richard Davis, Nellie Aspenall, and their children [version 2], c. 1891")
The caption reads: RICHARD DAVIS, CHEYENNE.
The printed note reads: Born 1867 at Sand Creek, Col., entered Carlisle 1879; learned the Printers' trade. In 1888, married Nannie Aspenall, a Pawnee girl, at Carlisle, and worked for a Penna. farmer engages in raising thoroughbred stock. He has been in charge of the School herd of 65 thoroughbred and graded animals and the Dairying until the Summer of 1894 when he was appointed District Farmer of the Cheyenne Agency.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Chester Smith.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lazarus Willis.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Chauncey Yellow Robe [version 1], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74346.jpg?itok=76RKcfeM "Chauncey Yellow Robe [version 1], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (Timber Yellow Robe).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Lydia Flint, Hattie Long Wolf, Etta Robertson, and Luzena Choteau [version 1], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA%2073817.jpg?itok=34Usf09s "Lydia Flint, Hattie Long Wolf, Etta Robertson, and Luzena Choteau [version 1], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Lydia Flint, Hattie Long Wolf, Etta Robertson, and Luzena Choteau, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Isaiah Wasaquam.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Martin Round Face and Albert Hensley.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Ida Wasee.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society