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 Martha Napawat probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James Phemister wearing school uniform.
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
Studio portrait of Anni Medicine wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of fourteen male students, identified in the caption as "Pueblo group, 1891."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Crazy Bull (seated in center), Henry Red Kettle, and Shield Thunder Bull. All are wearing school uniforms.
Note: The identification of Henry Red Kettle and Shield Thunder Bull is tentative.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James Pontiac wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Twenty-one Crow students [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_079.jpg?itok=6hdgoRCp "Twenty-one Crow students [version 2], c.1891")
Portrait of twenty-one students--eleven male and ten female students--posed on the steps outside a brick building, probably on the school grounds. The caption says that they are "Crows from the Crow Agency, Montana, who entered Carlisle Indian School in 1890."
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-079 and 13-21-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Stephen Reuben [pose 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73613.jpg?itok=OWneIgSG "Stephen Reuben [pose 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Stephen Reuben in school uniform with star-shaped pin.
This photograph was almost definitely taken at the same time as the others linked to in Related Images.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Twenty-three Apache students [version 2], 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_064b.jpg?itok=m2lXOG4W "Twenty-three Apache students [version 2], 1891")
Studio portrait of twenty-three students, fourteen male and nine female students, identified in the caption as "Apache Group, 1891."
Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society have identified, based on comparison with other photographs, that the following students are in this group: Parker Whitney West, Ernest Hogee, Viola Zieh, Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, Naomi Merkel (Kohten), Janette Woods (Pahgostatum), Annette Suison, Oswald Smith, Jason Betzinez, and Gail Marko.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Willie Hazlett (standing) and Richard Sanderville, the latter in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Minnie Perrine [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_055c.jpg?itok=mrTxyiYT "Minnie Perrine [version 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Minnie Perrine.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Richard Sanderville wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Twelve male Piegan students [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_029A.jpg?itok=0r7OSPQm "Twelve male Piegan students [version 2], c.1891")
Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption identifies them as from the Piegan nation and as having entered on March 26, 1890.
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
Studio portrait of Malcolm Clark, Edward Clark, and Elmer Simon, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James Grant, Richard Sanderville, William Ellis and an unidentified young man. Two are in school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Otto Wells.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Maggie Old Eagle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![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
![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
Studio portrait of Belknap Fox.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Harry Hutchinson, John Baptiste, and David Turkey, all probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Benedict Jozhe.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sarah Flynn wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society