Mrs. William Big Day of Pryor, Planting Potatoe by Hand, 1936
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Mrs. William Big Day of Pryor, Planting Potatoe by Hand": Mrs. William leans over the tilled soil in a cotton print dress to place potatoes in the ground for future harvest. Another farmer is seen in the distance with two horses, which gives a sense of the soil in which Mrs. William has left to plant.
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 #8971.1
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 #8971.1
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, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Keywords:
1930's
Montana
Crow Indian Reservation
Farming
Planting
leather
1930s
Black & white image
Crow Indians
Farms
Potatoes
image
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Clothing
Dress
Horses
Pryor
Big Horn County
Crops
cotton print
Photograph
belts