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 Samuel Six Killer.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Henry Van Arnum wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Abram Hill.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of William Leighton wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Perry Tsamanwa.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Peter Oscar.
The caption written on this image is "Peter Oscar Carpenter." Oscar's file shows that he was trained as and later worked as a carpenter, so this is not part of his name.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Fleety Payne and Lillie Payne, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Anna McMillon and Mary Miller, both probably wearing school uniforms.
This image contains photographs of other students because the captions for this image are written above them.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Peter Dillon.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of three unidentified male students seated at a table stacked with books. Behind them is a banner which reads "Standard En Avant." They may be members of the Standard Debating Society.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jessie Spread Hands (left) and Izora Taylor (right). Both are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of David McFarland wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Delos Lone Wolf.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of five unidentified female students and two unidentified male students.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Thomas Stewart (left) and Nelson Hare (right).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of ten unidentified male students in school uniforms.
Previous cataloging identifies the students as from the Flathead or Salish nation and provides a date of January 189[?]. A group of Flathead students arrived in November 1893, so this is probably that group, taken in January 1894.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Mamie Blue Jacket.
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 Effie Spencer wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Cora Snyder wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Annie Lockwood.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Antonio Jose Martinez wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Jacob Jamison.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Christine (also known as Tenie) Wirth.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Tawney Owl.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society