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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Studio portrait of Joseph Evans.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Josiah Redwolf, Lewis Williams, Samuel Tilden, Stephen Reuben, Charles White, and David McFarland. All are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Levi St. Cyr.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charles White, David McFarland, and Lewis Williams (also known as Luke Williams). All are wearing school uniforms.
Note: This image contains partial caption information for a different photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William A. Denomie.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lewis Williams, often known as Lewis Daniel Williams (to differentiate him from another Nez Perce student of the same name).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Darwin Hayes, Wesson Murdock, Jacob Little Man, and Philip Pratt. Three are in school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Clark Gregg wearing uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charles Dickens. Although the caption lists him as Apache, he is actually Yavapai.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sarah Nelson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Charlotte Wilson.
Note: The identification of Wilson as Shawnee is a mistake. She is not identfiied as such in her school records.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lizzie Stands.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James Waldo.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George No-coch-luke wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Edward Peters wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Benjamin Doxtator.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Solomon Collins and Francis Goulche, one wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution