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 Chester Smith.
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 Annie Boswell.
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 William Johnson and William Beaulieu.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charles Smith (left) and Henry Old Eagle (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joseph Spaniard (Joe Spanish) wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee (standing at left) and Jason Betzinez (seated at right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Electa Schanandore.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Allie Blaine.
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 Albert White Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Calvin Zlomne.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Bunn Armstrong in school uniform.
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 eleven unidentified male students and two unidentified female students.
Previous cataloging indicates the students are from the Osage nation and provides a date of 1891 for this image. George Conner is seated right in the center of the photo, and Amos Hamilton appears standing, third male student from the left.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Minnie Yandell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Paul Good Bear and Joseph Spaniard.
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 Orpha Miller.
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
Cameo photographs of seventeen Sioux chiefs, all of whom visited the school in mid-February 1891 and presumably had these portrait photos taken by John N. Choate. The grouping is titled "Noted Indians" and has a copyright date of 1891. Each chief is identified by a white tag applied to his lapel. They are identified as:
Top row, left to right: Spotted Elk, Hollow Horn Bears, Big Road
Second row, left to right: Spotted Horse, Little Wound, Fire Thunder, Grass
Third row, left to right: High Hawk, Good Voice, High Pipe
Fourth row, left to right: Fire Lightening, Quick Bear, American Horse, He Dog (Pine Ridge Agency)
Bottom row, left to right: Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Two Strikes, He Dog (Rosebud Agency).
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-023 and 12-10-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Amos Hamilton.
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