Ellesworth Little Light Cutting Alfalfa with his New Mower, 1935
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Ellsworth Little Light Cutting Alfalfa with his New Mower": Ellsworth Little Light sits on the back of his new horse-drawn mower to cut down his alfalfa field. Another man seems to be adjusting the left wheel on his new mower. Buildings are visible in the background, one of which could be Little Light's home.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Originals: b&w glossy photograph
Date of Creation:
1935
Physical Details:
One of two Black and white glossy photographs placed in brackets, attached to a page in the report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #8755.2
External Links:
Provenance:
The photographs in this collection were published in the annual reports of the extension agent for the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry at the Crow Reservation. (The text of the reports has not yet been added to the CIVAM collection.) The report photographs were copied by Cindy Ott at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. in March 2015. Cindy Ott organized three exhibitions of a dozen of the photographs at senior centers in the towns of Crow Agency, Lodge Grass, and Pryor on the Crow reservation in summer 2017. (Catalog records of individual photographs document which ones were exhibited.)
Citation:
Charles S. Runyan, Agricultural Agent, U.S. Dept of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field Service, “Annual Report of Division of Extension and Industry: Crow Reservation; To Director of Extension and Industry; From January 1, 1935 to December 31, 1935.” Records of Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 75), Central Classified Files, 1907-39; Crow; 40761-1912-.023.1 To 130-1936-031; Box 2: PI-163 E-121 HM 2001. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. CIVAM-NARA #8765.2
Creators:
Charles S. Runyan National Archives and Records Administration
Keywords:
1930s
Montana
Farm equipment
Horses
Men
image
Alfalfa
Black & white image
Farming
House
Mower
1930's
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Crops
Farms
Little Light
Photograph
Big Horn County
Crow Indian Reservation
Harvest
Elsworth
Runyan, Charles S.