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John Whiteman and Bob Howe Harvesting Part of Their Garden, 1936

Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s

Description:

"John Whiteman and Bob Howe Harvesting Part of Their Garden": John Whiteman and Bob Howe pose with a young boy as they begin to harvest part of their Garden. All three are dressed in cotton shirts and pants while one carries a bucket for their harvest.

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 report.

Catalog Number:

CIVAM-NARA #8975.2

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, 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 #8975.2

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:

1930's

Big Horn County

Boy

Cowboy hats

Gardeners

Howe

Photograph

1930s

Montana

Bucket

Crops

Gardens

Bob

image

American Indian/White relations

Big Horn District

tin

Crow Indian Reservation

Group photograph

John Whiteman

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Black & white image

Clothing

Crow Indians

Harvest

Men

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