The Agency Calf Club
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"The Agency Calf Club": Sixteen young Crow boys are gathered in a group, with the first row of boys sitting on the ground, the second row kneeling, and the third row standing. Two boys (to the top left) wear fedoras. Some of the boys are holding up a paper sign, though the writing is not visible. To the left of the group is a dirt road and a line of trees. A wooden building stands on the other side of the dirt road. In the distance, behind the line of trees, is a house.
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 the report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #9011.2
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 #9011.2
Creators:
Charles S. Runyan, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Keywords:
1930s
Montana
Clothing
Fedora
image
Animal Husbandry
Black & white image
Cowboy hats
Group photograph
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Boy
Crow Indians
House
Big Horn County
Children
Division Extension & Industry
Photograph