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Farm Agent O'Harra Inspecting Blake Whiteman's Dry Lan[d] Wheat, Yield 20 Bushels per Acre, 1935 1935

Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s

Description:

"Farm Agent O'Harra inspecting Blake Whiteman's dry lan[d] wheat, yield 20 bushels per acre": A prolife image of Farm Agent O'Harra standing up to his waist in wheat in Blake Whiteman's wheat field as he inspects the grain

Culture or Community:

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Other Forms:

Originals: b&w glossy photograph

Date of Creation:

1935

Physical Details:

Two black and white glossy photographs placed in brackets, attached to a page in a report

Catalog Number:

CIVAM-NARA #8761.1

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, 1935 to December 31, 1935,” p. 47. 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 #8761.1

Creators:

U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry Charles S. Runyan

Keywords:

1930s

Big Horn County

Crow Indian Reservation

Farms

Runyan, Charles S.

Yellowtail

Agriculutural Agents

Montana

Division Extension & Industry

Men

Wheat

Robert (1889-1988)

American Indian/White relations

Black & white image

Extension Agents

O'Harra

Whiteman

image

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Cowboy hats

Farming

Photograph

Blake

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