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 Charles Smith (Charles Red Hawk).

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 George Conner (seated at right) and William Johnson [?] (probably standing at left). Both are wearing school uniforms.

Note: Previous cataloging interpreted the handwritten caption as "[?] Connor and W. Johnson." The identification of these as George Conner (who was 19 years old on arrival in 1890) and William Johnson (for whom no age was given when he arrived in 1890) is preliminary. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Mawbeens Waymegance. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (Timber Yellow Robe).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of student Charles Smith (standing at left) with three visiting chiefs and one male student. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Ne Koh Ke Pah Nah, an Osage chief, with two unidentified male students.

Identification of the chief is based on comparison with CCHS PA-CH2-005c. He appears to have visited the school in 1891 and 1895.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Ne Koh Ke Pah Nah, an Osage chief. 

Newspapers record visits from the chief to Carlisle in 1891 and 1895. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of visiting Osage chiefs with their interpreters. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has identified the following sitters based on comparison with other photos: standing, back row, left to right: James Bigheart, Ne Koh Ke Pah Nah, William Connor, Saucy Chief, and Ed Mathews; sitting, front row. left to right: Alvin Wood, Tall Chief, Strike Axe, and Ne Kah Ko Lah. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Tall Chief (Osage) with three male students.

Tall Chief is also in the group of Osage chiefs in PA-CH1-075b and on his own in PA-CH2-005b. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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 Joseph H. Hamilton (seated left), Robert Hamilton (standing) and Anthony Austin (seated right), all wearing school uniforms. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Robert Hamilton wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Joseph H. Hamilton holding a straw hat. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Amos Hamilton.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Thomas Guardipee wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Samuel Gruett.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Katie Grindrod.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Rachel Tsikahda Morgan wearing school uniform.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Charles Dagenett wearing school uniform. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Charles Dagenett.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Richard Grant wearing school uniform. 

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 Richard Davis and his wife, Nellie Aspenall Davis, with their two daughters, Richenda and Mary. Richard and Nellie were former students who married at the school and became staff members. Their daughters were not enrolled at the school. 

The handwritten note reads: Richard Davis (Cheyenne)     Richenda - Mary       Nannie Davis (Pawnee)

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Married at Carlisle Indian School and living there. 1894. This note does not reflect that date the photograph was taken, which, due to the ages of the daughters, was probably around 1891. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-054c and CS-CH-061. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of Albert White Wolf.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Dennison Wheelock wearing a band uniform, holding a cornet and a conductor's baton.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society