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 Little Dog, a Piegan chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture
![Early football team, the "Pirates" [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73245.jpg?itok=eBKee097 "Early football team, the \"Pirates\" [version 1], c.1892")
Portrait of thirteen male students, most in athletic gear. The student in the center is holding a football with a "P" on it.
Note: Previous cataloging for this image identifies the team as the "Pirates."
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Student body assembled on the school grounds. The female students on the left and male on the right.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Juniors Baseball Team [version 1], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73857.jpg?itok=nv9DFcO8 "Juniors Baseball Team [version 1], 1892")
Group portrait of the Juniors baseball team, with white coach or teacher in center. Both the uniforms and the caption identify them as the Juniors, one of several baseball teams at the school.
The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society version of this image identifies them as the 1892 team.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Early football team, the "Pirates" [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_000iv.jpg?itok=McjoFHYN "Early football team, the \"Pirates\" [version 2], c.1892")
Portrait of thirteen male students, most in athletic gear. The student in the center is holding a football with a "P" on it.
Note: Previous cataloging for the National Anthropological Archives version of this image identifies the team as the "Pirates."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Baseball Team [version 1], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73858.jpg?itok=nRfky_C9 "Baseball Team [version 1], 1892")
Portrait of school baseball team with C.I.T.S. on front of their uniforms, with white coach or teacher in center.
The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society version of this image identifies it as the 1892 team.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Baseball Team [version 2], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_069.jpg?itok=UOCxzFh0 "Baseball Team [version 2], 1892")
Portrait of school baseball team with C.I.T.S. on the front of their uniforms, with white coach or teacher in center. The handwritten caption identifies it as the 1892 team.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Juniors Baseball Team [version 2], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_070.jpg?itok=9jaYZ_9F "Juniors Baseball Team [version 2], 1892")
Group portrait of the Juniors baseball team, with white coach or teacher in center. Both the uniforms and the caption identify them as the Juniors, one of several baseball teams at the school. The caption identifies them as the 1892 team.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Ball.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Felix Iron Eagle Feather [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74088.jpg?itok=Cb1HsPpr "Felix Iron Eagle Feather [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Felix Iron Eagle Feather.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Frank Crouse wearing a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Crazy Bull.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Felix Iron Eagle Feather [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_087b.jpg?itok=u2puFnfz "Felix Iron Eagle Feather [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Felix Iron Eagle Feather.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Portrait of a large group of young male and female students posed on the steps of a brick building. The caption identifies them as "Miss Coony's Class."
School records show a teacher named Carrie Cory in 1892.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Peter Howe [?], Wiley Morgan, and Bedford Forest, c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_050a.jpg?itok=sgwFobe0 "Peter Howe [?], Wiley Morgan, and Bedford Forest, c.1892")
Studio portrait of Peter Howe [?], Wiley Morgan, and Bedford Forest.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph Evans.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (Timber Yellow Robe) wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![James Waldo [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74206.jpg?itok=_u1PVDkE "James Waldo [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of James Waldo.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jonas Mitchell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Ben Harrison, John Morrison, Charles Dubray, and Martin Round Face [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73462.jpg?itok=JJGZuzP- "Ben Harrison, John Morrison, Charles Dubray, and Martin Round Face [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Ben Harrison, John Morrison, Charles Dubray, and Martin Round Face, posed holding Indian clubs.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Viola Zieh.
Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Large group of male students in front of YMCA building [version 2], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_040.jpg?itok=1W76-9vR "Large group of male students in front of YMCA building [version 2], 1892")
Portrait of a large group of male students in front of YMCA building, presumably the members of the YMCA. The date 1892 is written along the side of this image.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: FB03-21 and PA-CH2-040.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Thomas Kitewmi and Timothy Henry [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74402.jpg?itok=l6K60s8t "Thomas Kitewmi and Timothy Henry [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Thomas Kitewmi and Timothy Henry, both in school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Thomas Kitewmi and Timothy Henry [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_047b.jpg?itok=Ugc_ULH8 "Thomas Kitewmi and Timothy Henry [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Thomas Kitewmi and Timothy Henry, both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Large group of male students in front of YMCA building [version 1], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73475.jpg?itok=p_rx8dP2 "Large group of male students in front of YMCA building [version 1], 1892")
Portrait of a large group of male students in front of YMCA building, presumably the members of the YMCA.
On the Cumberland County Historical Society's print of this image the date 1892 is written along the side.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution