Simpson Sings Good Purchased Hay Machinery, 1935
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Simpson Sings Good from Pryor Purchased a Complete Outfit of Hay Machinery Stackers, Sweep, Rake, and Mower": Simpson Sings Good stands atop a pile of hay that he has just harvested using his new farm machinery. He also relies on a pair of horses to farm.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Original: black and white glossy photographs
Date of Creation:
1935
Physical Details:
Black and white glossy photograph placed in brackets, attached to a page in report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #8768.1
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, 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 #8768.1
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
Keywords:
1930's
Montana
Division Extension & Industry
Harvest
Photograph
image
1930s
Black & white image
Farm equipment
Hay
Pryor
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Crow Indian Reservation
Farming
Horses
Pryor District
Big Horn County
Crow Indians
Farms
Men
Simpson Sings Good