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 Peter Camp, Belknap Fox, Charles Knor, and William Ball, from Fort Belknap.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Dennison Wheelock with a cornet [version 2], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_000vc.jpg?itok=aFKEkrss "Dennison Wheelock with a cornet [version 2], c.1891")
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
Studio of portrait of Jessie Bitter.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Ernest Hogee and Jason Betzinez [version 1], c.1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74191.jpg?itok=kCTf9Ejw "Ernest Hogee and Jason Betzinez [version 1], c.1891")
Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee (standing at left) and Jason Betzinez (seated at right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charles Buck (left) and Anthony Austin (right).
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 Eddie Running Crane wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Thomas Flynn and John Kennedy.
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 Alexander Upshaw wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Minnie Finley posed with violin.
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
![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
![Simon King and Martin Archiquette [?], 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73904.jpg?itok=tjeDEXlO "Simon King and Martin Archiquette [?], 1891")
Studio portrait of Simon King and Martin Archiquette.
Note: The written caption on this image only includes "Archiquette" with no first name. The identification of this as Martin Archiquette is tentative.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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 an Osage chief with three male students.
This 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 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 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 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 Felix Iron Eagle Feather.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Anna Tabasash.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Louis Caswell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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 Lawney Shorty wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Robert Horse.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society