Elsworth Little Light cutting Alfalfa with his Mower, 1936
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Elsworth Little Light cutting Alfalfa with his Mower": Elsworth Little Light cuts his Alfalfa field with his new horse drawn mower. He has quite lot of the field left to cut, but is happy to be testing out his new mower.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Originals: b&w glossy photograph
Date of Creation:
1936
Physical Details:
One of two Black and white glossy photographs placed in brackets, attached to a page in the report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #9025.1
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, 1936 to December 31, 1936.” 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 #9025.1
Creators:
Charles S. Runyan National Archives and Records Administration
Keywords:
1930s
Crow Indian Reservation
Farms
Hay
Indians of North America
Mower
Ranches
Saddle
Alfalfa
Crow Indians
Gardeners
Horses
Landscape
Photograph
Ranching
Saddle bag
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Farm equipment
Gardens
Horsetail
Mares
Ranch buildings
American Indian
Wagon
Black & white image
Farming
Harvest
House
Men
Ranchers
Runyan, Charles S.
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