James Carpenter Digging His Crop of Potatoes Jim Sold $250 Worth of Early Potatoes
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"James Carpenter Digging His Crop of Potatoes Jim Sold $250 Worth of Early Potatoes": Jim and another man exchange $250 for a supply of potatoes, as four men stand beside them in a vast potato field. Also standing in the field are two horses, one of which is attached to a plow. The other horse is held in place as one man holds onto its reigns. To the right of the group is a dog as well, likely a Border Collie.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
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 #8973.1
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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 #8973.1
Creators:
Charles S. Runyan National Archives and Records Administration
Keywords:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Cowboy hats
Farming
Men
image
Black & white image
Crops
Group photograph
Photograph
Carpenter
Crow Indians
Harvest
Plows
James
Farm equipment
Horses
Potatoes