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Hoping for a Potato Crop, 1936

Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s

Description:

"Hoping for a Potato Crop": A farmer stands next to his plow, hoping in a few months for a healthy patch of Potatoes. In the background, several other farmers can be seen helping to plant the crops.

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 #9089.2

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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 #9089.2

Creators:

Charles S. Runyan National Archives and Records Administration

Keywords:

1930's

Crops

Farm equipment

Gardens

Planting

Ranches

1930s

Crow Indian Reservation

Farming

Harvest

Plows

Runyan, Charles S.

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Crow Indians

Farms

Horses

Potatoes

Seeds

Black & white image

Families

Gardeners

Indians of North America

Ranchers

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