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 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 students from the King family. They are probably Charles King, Louisa King, Ophelia King, and Celinda King. The older male student in the bottom center is currently unidentified.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Martin Round Face.
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 Matthew Johnson.
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 Hiram Blackchief (left) and Edwin Moore (right)
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of twenty-three male students. The caption for this image, as well as the other copies, identifies them as students who worked in the print shop and gives a date of 1894. Other copies identify the sitters. They are:
1st. Tier (presumably the back row), Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth, William Denomie, Timothy Henry, Luther Dahhah, John Sanborn, William Dominick, William Lufkins, Sibbald Smith, Clark Gregg.
2nd. Tier (presumably the middle row): Siceni Nori, Phillip Lavatta, James Wheelock, Levi St. Cyr (Foreman), James Hill, Crow, Thomas Hanbury, Brigman Cornelius.
3rd. Tier (front row): George Buck, Samuel Sixkiller, Pressly Houk, John Webster, Fred A. Wilson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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 James Kawaykla wearing uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Amy Johnson and Lucy Lowin.
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 William Lufkins.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Quanah Parker (seated in the middle row) and Lone Wolf (standing in the back row, third from the left) with three female students and six male students. The wife of Quanah Parker, Tonarcy, is seated next to him in the center of the photo.
The National Anthropological Archives version of this image has the date March 1894 scratched into the glass plate.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Quanah Parker (seated in the middle row) and Lone Wolf (standing in the back row, third from the left) with three female students and six male students. The wife of Quanah Parker, Tonarcy, is seated next to him in the center of the photo.
Previous cataloging indicates a date of March 1894 is scratched into this glass plate.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Kiowa Chief Lone Wolf with his sons, William Lone Wolf (seated left) and Delos Lone Wolf (standing left) and another student (standing right), c.1895.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of two visiting chiefs with ten male students and ten female students.
Previous cataloging indicates that these are Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and students, and that the date of the photo is March 1894.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of two visiting chiefs with ten male student and ten female students.
Previous cataloging for the National Anthropological Archives version of this image indicates they are Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and students and that it was taken in March 1894.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Josephine Lane [?] wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Group portrait of twelve young male students, some in baseball uniforms and posed with baseball equipment. One student's uniform has "Juvenile" on the front and others have "J.C." Carlisle student George Conner is standing in the center wearing a suit, so he may have been coaching or managing the team.
Previous cataloging identifies the date of this photo was May 26, 1894.
The Juveniles was one of the school's baseball teams.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Sylvania Cooper and Cynthia Cooper. Due to her age, we believe Cynthia is the one on the right.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
A collage of four photographs.
Caption: INDIAN GIRLS IN THE COUNTRY.
illustrates the home life and occupations of the girls during their Summer outing; also a public school attended by a number girls during the Winter.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 61.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (Timber Yellow Robe) as he graduated in 1895.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
A collage of six photographs.
Caption: INDIAN BOYS IN THE COUNTRY.
illustrates the outing system, which is the practical side of Carlisle training. The Indian under the same opportunities becomes just as good a hand at all the varied employments of the farm as the white man.
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 60.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Hugh Leider.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
