William Lodge Pole is Getting a Good Start Toward His Plowing For Spring Wheat, 1936
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"William Lodge Pole is Getting a Good Start Toward His Plowing For Spring Wheat": William Lodge Pole and another man prepare the two plows to be pulled by three horses each. These horse-drawn plows will prepare William's soil for a future harvest of spring wheat.
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 #9020.1
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 #9020.1
Creators:
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Charles S. Runyan
Keywords:
1930's
Big Horn County, Montana
Crow Indians
Gardeners
Indians of North America
Plows
image
1930s
Black & white image
Farm equipment
Gardens
Lodge Pole, William
Spring
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Crops
Farming
Harvest
Men
United States--Great Plains
Beanies, newsboy
Crow Indian Reservation
Farms
Horses
Photograph
Wheat