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 Mary Cut Foot probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Louise La Chapelle.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of eleven unidentified female students. The caption identifies them as The What-So-Ever circle.
The What-So-Evers were a "circle" or a subgroup of the female student group the King's Daughters.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH3-085 and 10-B-22. Caption on the back of the latter copy says that the photograph was taken for the leader of the group, Miss Shaffner.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Robert Hamilton.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Celicia Metoxen probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Scott Crane.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emmeline McLane and Celinda Metoxen.
Note: This image contains partial caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Julia Dorris.
This image also contains caption information for other photographs.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Eddie Running Crane.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Jerome Kennerly [version 1], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0060.jpg?itok=J7LVrZJN "Jerome Kennerly [version 1], c.1893")
The handwritten note reads: Jerome Kennerly, Piegan
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School.
Cabinet card photo of Jerome Kennerly around the time he enrolled at Carlisle at age 6
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
![Jerome Kennerly [version 2], c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_048a.jpg?itok=x8JHR-Mu "Jerome Kennerly [version 2], c.1893")
Studio portrait of Jerome Kennerly.
Note: Kennerly was six years old when he arrived at the school in 1893.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Peter Oscar and Joseph Evans.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Antoine Donnell.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joel Moore and Cora Moore.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Stailey Norcross.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Amos Osage.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Joseph C. Lujan wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mary Nelson.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Luther Dah-hah.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Luther Dah-hah.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Minnie Finley.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Lizzie Hill.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Abraham Lone Bear wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Lone Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Philip Iron Tail wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society