1890-1899

Studio portrait of two small children with an infant. There is a caption written at a later date, probably by Cumberland County Historical Society staff, that identifies them as the children of Indian School staff members (and former students) Richard Davis and Nellie Aspenall Davis. That makes the two small children Richenda and Mary Davis,…

Studio portrait of Robert Hamilton.

Studio portrait of Robert Horse. 

Studio portrait of Rose Wilde, Ella Rickert, and Mary Wilkinson. 

Studio portrait of Samuel Miller wearing a uniform.

Studio portrait of Sarah Kennedy.

Studio portrait of Sarah Kennedy (left), Helen Patterson (right), and Ely Parker (center).

Portrait of fifteen female students and seventeen male students with two white female teachers posed on the bandstand on the school grounds.

The caption on a print of this image identifies them as the "School Choir, 1893."  

Portrait of fifteen female students and seventeen male students with two white female teachers posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as the "School Choir, 1893."  

Studio portrait of Scott Crane. 

Studio portrait of seventeen male students, some wearing school uniforms. The caption for this image identifies them as being from the Pine Ridge reservation. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society copy identifies them as being from the Sioux nation and provides a date of 1893. 

Studio portrait of seventeen male students, some wearing uniforms, some not. The caption identifies them as from the Sioux nation. 

Studio portrait of Sophia American Horse, Alice American Horse, and Hattie Eagle Horn, all wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Stailey Norcross.

Studio portrait of eleven unidentified female students. The caption identifies them as The What-So-Ever circle.

The What-So-Evers were a "circle" or a subgroup of the female student group the King's Daughters. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH3-085 and 10-B-22. Caption on the back…

Studio portrait of three male students. 

On the reverse is written: "To Hannah Long Wolf, June 15 1893 From Cousin W. W. Bear." 

Presumably one of the students picture is William White Bear and the others are probably also people from his community. 

Studio portrait of an unidentified man. 

Studio portrait of William Brewer and his sister Rachel Brewer, both probably wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of William Lone Wolf.

Studio portrait of five female students and six male students identified in the caption as being the wood cutting class. 

The school newspaper referenced the wood cutting class in January 1893. 

Studio portrait of eleven students, six male students and five female students, identified in the caption as being the "Wood-cutting class." 

The wood cutting class is referenced in the school paper in January 1893. 

The Carlisle Indian School exhibit titled Into Civilization and Citizenship at the World's Fair in 1893 held in Chicago, Illinois. The exhibit includes images of students, mannequins representing students, and other artifacts. 

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle,…

Studio portrait of Ne Kah Ko Lah, an Osage chief. 

Previous cataloging interprets the handwritten caption scratched on the negative identifying this sitter, with a date of May 1893. 

Studio portrait of Ne Kah Ko Lah, an Osage chief.

Studio portrait of three visiting chiefs with one white man, four male students, and five female students. 

Previous cataloging indicates the date May 1893 is included in the handwritten caption.