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 Joseph Spaniard (Joe Spanish) wearing school uniform.
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 Orpha Miller.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charles Smith (Charles Red Hawk).
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 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 Allie Blaine.
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 chief Two Strike.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mawbeens Waymegance.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a male student who is probably Peter Nahmais.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of visiting chief Hollow Horn Bear.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Annie Boswell.
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 Rachel Tsikahda Morgan wearing school uniform.
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 William Johnson and William Beaulieu.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Alexander Upshaw wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of eleven male students, three Native American men, and one white man. The caption identifies them as from the Osage nation.
A researcher gave the Cumberland County Historical Society partial identifications for the sitters in this photo. According to this information, back row, left to right: Unidentified, Unidentified, Ben Harrison, Elias Stanton, Amos Osage, and Harry Kohpay; middle row, left to right: Black Dog, Fred Penn, Edgar McCarthy, William Connor, Peter Big Heart, and Unidentified; bottom row, left to right: Ernest Roe, Richard Rusk, and George Conner.
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 young woman wearing school uniform, probably student Rosalie Ereaux.
The caption reads: Rosalie Roso.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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 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 Peter Camp, Belknap Fox, Charles Knor, and William Ball, from Fort Belknap.
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