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 Thomas Kose, Robert Hamilton, Anthony Austin, and Charles Buck, all wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![David Sku-vi-uk [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74053.jpg?itok=6jJ2x0Pl "David Sku-vi-uk [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of David Sku-vi-uk wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Sarah Nelson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Charlotte Wilson [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_050a.jpg?itok=FOdwZpig "Charlotte Wilson [version 2], c.1892")
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
![Herbert Good Boy, Robert Horse, William Crazy Bull, and Charles Smith [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_097c.jpg?itok=gNsSHQl8 "Herbert Good Boy, Robert Horse, William Crazy Bull, and Charles Smith [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Herbert Good Boy (back row at left) , Robert Horse (back row at right), William Crazy Bull (front row at left), and Charles Smith (front row at right). Crazy Bull is holding a framed portrait of a woman.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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 Levi St. Cyr.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 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 Charles Smith.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henrietta Fremont and Julia Jonas.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Nancy Wheelock and Elijah Wheelock. Elijah is wearing a school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mary Davis and Richenda Davis, children of school employees and former students Richard Davis and Nellie Aspenall Davis.
Note: Mary and Richenda were not enrolled as students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Robert Tome [?], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_049d.jpg?itok=AC0EY4eb "Robert Tome [?], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Robert Tome [?].
Note: This original caption for this image identifies him as Robert Thomas (Caddo nation). There are no records of a student with that name. Therefore we believe it is Caddo student Robert Tome.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Samuel Tilden [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_035C.jpg?itok=6HXDCHSx "Samuel Tilden [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Samuel Tilden.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Paul Teenabikizen.
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
![David Sku-vi-uk [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_089c.jpg?itok=WTmPrMtc "David Sku-vi-uk [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of David Sku-vi-uk wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Annette Suisson and Naomi Merkel [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_049c.jpg?itok=6CUdWtI2 "Annette Suisson and Naomi Merkel [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Annette Suisson and Naomi Merkel.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of John Lonestar.
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
![Piegan Chiefs (Blackfoot Confederacy) [version 1], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_058a.jpg?itok=_XNCGXMO "Piegan Chiefs (Blackfoot Confederacy) [version 1], 1892")
Studio portrait of eight Piegan chiefs.
The January 8, 1892 issue of the Indian Helper (vol. 7 no. 17) reports that these chiefs had visited the school the previous week.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has six copies of this image. One of those copies identifies the chiefs as Running Crane, Little Dog, White Grass, White Calf, Little Plume, Four Horns, Brocky, Bear Chief (or Little Bear Chief).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Albert Metoxen, Amos Metoxen, and Jonas Metoxen.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Jean Swan and Effie Spencer both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Florence Miller.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution