Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Sarah Flynn wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock wearing school uniform and holding a hat. 

Studio portrait of Stephen Reuben wearing school uniform with a star-shaped pin.

Studio photo of thirteen male students, identified in the caption as being "Osage group, 1891. 

A researcher at the Cumberland County Historical Society identified as the students as:

Top row, left to right: Claude Smith, Frank Penn, Amos Osage, Daniel McDougan. 

Middle row, left to right: Elias Stanton, Harry…

Studio portrait of Thomas Flynn and John Kennedy.

Studio portrait of Thomas Guardipee wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption identifies them as from the Piegan nation and as having entered on March 26, 1890. 

Portrait of twenty-one students--eleven male and ten female students--posed on the steps outside a brick building, probably on the school grounds. The caption says that they are "Crows from the Crow Agency, Montana, who entered Carlisle Indian School in 1890." 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image:…

Studio portrait of twenty-three students, fourteen male and nine female students, identified in the caption as "Apache Group, 1891." 

Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society have identified, based on comparison with other photographs, that the following students are in this group: Parker Whitney West, Ernest Hogee, Viola…

Studio portrait of visiting chief Two Strike. 

Portrait of the school's Union Reserve baseball team, some in uniforms. 

The caption identifies the sitters as: top row (l to r), Joseph Harris, Jonas Place, Paul Lovejoy, Joseph Hamilton, Harry Hutchinson, and David Turkey; middle row (l to r), Felix Eagle Feather, John Baptiste, Fred Big Horse, and George Baker; front row (l to r…

Portrait of a baseball team with "Indians" on the front of their uniforms, with white coach or teacher in center. The handwritten caption in the album identifies them as the Union Reserve baseball team. 

The caption written below the image identifies the sitters as: back row, Frank Everett and Charles Damon; middle row, Josiah…

Portrait of twenty-two students-fifteen male and seven female students--posed on the steps of the academic building. The caption says that they are "Gros Ventres and Assiniboines, Ft. Belknap, Montana who entered Carlisle, Apr. 1890." This photo was likely taken in May or June of that year.

Studio portrait of two Cheyenne chiefs with seven female students and ten male students.

The Cumberland County Historical Society identified the chief at left as Wolf Robe.

The student newspaper records visits to the school by Wolf Robe in December 1891 and December 1898. This image might date from…

Studio portrait of Albert Silas wearing a school uniform.

Studio portrait of Albert Sitting Eagle.

Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove, Albert Sitting Eagle, and John Runninghorse.

Studio portrait of Allen Blackchief (left) and Hiram Blackchief (right).

Studio portrait of Almeda Heavy Hair.

Studio portrait of Annette Suison and Naomi Merkel.

Portrait of school baseball team with C.I.T.S. on the front of their uniforms, with white coach or teacher in center. The handwritten caption identifies it as the 1892 team. 

Studio portrait of John Morrison, Martin Round Face, Charles Dubray, and Ben Harrison posed holding "Indian club" exercise equipment. One (probably John Morrison) is wearing a shirt with the monogram "C.I.T.S."

Studio portratit of Benjamin Caswell. 

Studio portrait of Benjamin Doxtator.

Studio portrait of Blanche Melbourne, Rufus Ricker, and Ezra Ricker.