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 Lovett Halftown.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joel Cornelius wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Annette Suison and Naomi Merkel [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74100.jpg?itok=DnSDwOp5 "Annette Suison and Naomi Merkel [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Annette Suison and Naomi Merkel.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Two photographs attached to a cabinet card. The top image is the Indian School student body in 1892 (see PA-CH2-041 in Related Images); the bottom image is identified as the Indian School and Battalion.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Joseph Morrison and James R. Wheelock [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_031B.jpg?itok=aYukBJ90 "Joseph Morrison and James R. Wheelock [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Joseph Morrison (at left) and James R. Wheelock (at right).
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-031b and CS-CH-055.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of David McFarland.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of three female and nine male students, the graduating class of 1892.
They are, back row, standing, left to right: Thomas Metoxen, Hattie Long Wolf, Reuben Wolf, Luzena Choteau, William Baird; front row, seated, left to right: Albert Bishop, Benajah Miles, Frank Everett, Joseph H. Hamilton, Lydia Flint, Benjamin Caswell, Fred Peake.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 19.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH2-073, 11-A-02, and 15-25-01.
Note: Athough Isabella Cornelius graduated in 1892 she is not in this photograph.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Albert Sitting Eagle [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74089.jpg?itok=AohdPh5i "Albert Sitting Eagle [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Albert Sitting Eagle.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portratit of Benjamin Caswell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Rachel Tsikahda Morgan and Melinda Porter, both probably wearing school uniforms.
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
![Nellie Carey [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74222.jpg?itok=634cwR_I "Nellie Carey [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Nellie Carey probably wearing school uniform with a patterned bow.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Dorothy Dekhlikiseh [?], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_067e.jpg?itok=Scuccd3f "Dorothy Dekhlikiseh [?], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Dorothy Dekhlikiseh [?].
Note: The caption for this image is "Darthy Nol" (or possibly Darthy No 1"). There are no records for a student by that name. The only student named Dorothy who attended while Choate was taking photographs was Dorothy Dekhlikiseh.
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 Louis Caswell.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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
![Herbert Good Boy, Robert Horse, William Crazy Bull, and Charles Smith [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74007.jpg?itok=jHsMQbjJ "Herbert Good Boy, Robert Horse, William Crazy Bull, and Charles Smith [version 1], 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: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![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
![Alexander Manabove, Albert Sitting Eagle, and John Runninghorse [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73804.jpg?itok=KVs93UC_ "Alexander Manabove, Albert Sitting Eagle, and John Runninghorse [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove, Albert Sitting Eagle, and John Runninghorse.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Nellie Carey [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_075a.jpg?itok=iQ3pLoEM "Nellie Carey [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Nellie Carey probably wearing a school uniform with a patterned bow.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Henry Old Eagle, George Running Horse, and Samuel Flying Horse [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_73805.jpg?itok=azli0pcV "Henry Old Eagle, George Running Horse, and Samuel Flying Horse [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Henry Old Eagle, George Running Horse, and Samuel Flying Horse.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Annette Suison and Naomi Merkel [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_049c.jpg?itok=6CUdWtI2 "Annette Suison and Naomi Merkel [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Annette Suison and Naomi Merkel.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![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 Frank Everett.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Samuel Flying Horse (standing), wearing school uniform, and Chief Charging Shield (seated).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society