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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![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 Susan Rodd.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Piegan Chiefs (Blackfoot Confederacy) [version 2], 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0010.jpg?itok=z3KE_wqW "Piegan Chiefs (Blackfoot Confederacy) [version 2], 1892")
A typed note on the reverse side reads: PIEGAN CHIEFS (BLACKFOOT CONFEDERACY) VISITING CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL (ca. 1891).
Front Seated Left - Running Crane, Chief of Lone Eaters.
Front Seated Center - Little Dog, Chief of the Black Patched Moccasins Bands.
Seated Center Left - White Grass.
Right of Center - White Calf, Head Chief of Piegans in Montana.
Far Right - Little Plume.
Standing Left - Four Horns.
Standing Center - Brocky.
Standing Right - Bear Chief.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![James Waldo [version 2], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_036C.jpg?itok=b5TjRWb7 "James Waldo [version 2], c.1892")
Studio portrait of James Waldo.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
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 Maggie Simpson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Frank Crouse wearing a uniform.
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 portratit of Benjamin Caswell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Running Horse and George Ladeaux.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Samuel Tilden [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74163.jpg?itok=H4LtfQrL "Samuel Tilden [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Samuel Tilden.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Celinda Metoxen possibly wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emmeline McLane.
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
Studio portrait of Melinda Metoxen.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![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
Studio portrait of Henrietta Fremont and Julia Jonas.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Hattie Long Wolf (sitting at left), Celinda Metoxen (standing in center), and Nellie Carey (sitting at right), all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Carefelle.
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
![Charlotte Wilson [version 1], c.1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/NAA_74099.jpg?itok=Z5BTYm7h "Charlotte Wilson [version 1], c.1892")
Studio portrait of Charlotte Wilson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of J. Grover Ground.
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
Studio portrait of David McFarland.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![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