Pauline Crawford of Pryor had the Best Dry Land Garden on the Reservation, 1935
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Pauline Crawford of Pryor had the Best Dry Land Garden on the Reservation." Pauline Crawford of Pryor stands in her garden with a gardening tool. She is dressed in a white dress, white shoes, and white socks. She is probably dressed up because she has visitors who have come out to see her garden.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Originals: b&w glossy photograph
Date of Creation:
1935
Physical Details:
One of two black and white glossy photographs placed in brackets, attached to a page in a report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #8751.2
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, 1935 to December 31, 1935.” 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 #8751.2
Creators:
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry
Keywords:
1930s
Montana
Crawford
Division Extension & Industry
Gardeners
image
4-H
Black & white image
Pauline
Dress
Gardens
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Children
Crow Indian Reservation
cotton
Girls
Big Horn County
Clothing
Crow Indians
Dry land farming
Photograph