1880-1889

Studio portrait of Rose White Thunder wearing an elk-tooth dress and detallium shell earrings. 

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902. The caption reads: ROSE WHITE THUNDER. DAUGHTER OF A SIOUX CHIEF, WHITE THUNDER, IN ELK TOOTH DRESS – AT…

Studio portrait of Samuel De Rauza.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-033c and 13-37-02. 

Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock (far left), William Morgan (center), and Bruce Hayman (far right). Matlock and Morgan are in school uniforms. 

Note: The identification of Bruce Hayman is a best guess.

Studio portrait of Stailey Norcross (seated) and an unidentified male student (standing), both wearing school uniforms.

Note: Previous cataloging interpreted the name of the unidentified student as possibly being "Henry Sprane," but there are no records for a student with that name.

Studio portrait of Susie Martinez wearing school uniform, holding a doll and a large hat. 

Studio portrait of Susie Martinez holding a doll.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Susie Martinez & Doll. Delaware.

Studio portrait of Susie Martinez wearing school uniform, holding a doll and a large hat. 

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-076a and CS-CH-005.1.-.2. 

View of a bedroom, presumably of a person at the school. It is likely that it was the room of a female teacher or matron, probably Mary Hyde. 

View showing part of the Teachers' Quarters and the Band Stand, with four male figures in front the bandstand. The fence that surrounded the school is visible behind the Teachers' Quarters. 

Studio portrait of ten male students. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society copy of this image has a caption that says they are from the Pine Ridge agency and arrived in November 1882. 

Studio portrait of ten Sioux male students. The caption indicates that all these students arrived from the Pine Ridge agency in November 1882. 

Studio portrait of Theodore McCauley wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of thirteen female students.

The caption on the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image, written on the album page, states they are Sioux students who had entered in November 1882.

Original cataloging for this image interpreted a date of 1894 in the caption written on the plate.…

Studio portrait of thirteen female students. The caption on this album page identifies them as members of the Sioux nation who entered in November 1882.

Studio portrait captioned as "Pawnee Indian group that entered the Carlisle Indian School in 1882." If that is accurate, then the sitters include: Louis Bayhylle, Frank West, Chalkley Stafford, Abram Platt, Thomas Kester, Bruce Hayman, Henry Eagle Chief, Minnie Topa, and Nellie Aspenall. Those are the nine students from the Pawnee nation who…

Studio portrait of three unidentified male Pueblo students with teacher Lora B. Shields. 

Studio portrait of three unidentified male Pueblo students with teacher Lora B. Shields. 

Portrait of three unidentified male students standing behind a row of eight seated students in native dress, presumably shortly after their arrival. The group is posed on the school grounds behind the large boys' dormitory.

Studio portrait of twelve male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Sioux tribe, Pine Ridge agency and entered in November 1882. 

Studio portrait of twelve male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption says that they were from the Sioux tribe, the Pine Ridge agency and entered in November 1882. 

Studio portrait of two unidentified female students wearing white pinafores and one unidentified male student in a school uniform. 

The male student may be Harry Marmon and one of the female students may be Candelaria Quintana. 

Two unidentified male students wearing school uniforms. 

Studio portrait of two unidentified male students, one wearing a school uniform.

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies this as the "David group," presumably due to information scratched on the glass plate. 

An unidentified male student wearing school uniform and holding a hat.

Studio portrait of Watson Penn, George Summers, Joseph Big Wolf (seated on floor in uniform), and a visitor (seated in chair).