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 Robert Hamilton.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sarah Williams.
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 Louisa Pinkham and Sarah Vanacy.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James Van Wert.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Dora Gray probably wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two male students.
The caption for this photo was written at a later date in ink. This caption identifies them as "H. Morrison and George Warren." There are no records for a student with that last name of Morrison with a first name starting with H. Based on comparison with other photographs we believe he is Daniel Morrison. The student on right does appear to be student George Warren.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Belinda Archiquette.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ella Rickert and Mary Wilkinson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Wesson Murdock.
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
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: PRINTERS. Commence with those standing an read fro left to right in order, likewise the other two tiers.
1st. Tier.
1. Robert Hudson, Seneca.
2. Leroy W. Kennedy, Seneca.
3. Leander Gansworth, Tuscarora.
4.William Denomie, Chippewa.
5. Timothy Henry, Tuscarora.
6. Luther Dahhah, Kiowa.
7. John Sanborn, Gros Ventre.
8. William Dominick, Iriquois.
9. William Lufkins, Chippewa.
10. Sibbald Smith, Cherokee.
11. Clark Gregg, Assinaboine.
2nd. Tier.
12. Siceni Nori, Pueblo.
13. Phillip Lavatta, Shoshone.
14. James Wheelock, Oneida.
15. Levi St. Cyr, Winnebago. (Foreman.)
16. James Hill, Crow.
17. Thomas Hanbury, Alaskan.
18.Brigman Cornelius, Oneida.
3rd. Tier.
19. George Buck, Sioux.
20. Samuel Sixkiller, Cherokee.
21. Pressly Houk, Piegan.
22. John Webster, Oneida.
23. Fred A. Wilson, Chippewa.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has a copy of this image: CS-CH-109.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of eight male students identified in the caption as "Double quartette (Invincibles)."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Linnie Laura Thompson and Emmeline Patterson (right), both wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Sohn George.
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 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 Perry Tsamanwa.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two female students.
Note: The caption written on this photo identifies the sitters as Maggie and Kate and provides a date of 1894. It is possible that these are students Maggie Simpson and Kate Stocker, who are shown together in another photograph (Cumberland County Historical Society PA-CH3-020a).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of James Pontiac posed holding a violin.
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
Portrait of fourteen male students in uniform and a white man in a uniform posed on the steps of a school building. The caption identifies them as "Officers."
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of David Abraham dressed in a uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop.
One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth, Timothy Henry, W.R. Claudy (Assistnt Printer), John Sanborn, Luther Dahhah, William Dominick, William Lufkins, Sibbald Smith, Clark Gregg; middle row, left to right: Fred A. Wilson, Siceni Nori, Philp Lavatta, Levi Saint Cyr (Foreman), M. Burgess (Sup't of Printing), James Riley Wheelock, Thomas Hanbury, Brigman, John Webster; front row, left to right: George Buck, Pressly Houk, Susie McDougal, Alice Lambert, Ida LaChapelle, James Hill, Samuel Six Killer.
W. Clandy and Marianna Burgess were staff members.
Note: The name "John" in the lower right of this image is part of a caption for a different image.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH3-057a, BS-CH-041, LE-046, and 13-18-01.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 49. The caption for the image is: GROUP OF PRINTERS.
Students must be fairly well advanced in their school work before they can enter the printing office.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ollie Nichols wearing school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society