WM Spotted and Daughters Stacked Thirty-Five Tons of Hay
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"WM Spotted and Daughters Stacked Thirty-Five Tons of Hay:" William Spotted stands on top of a pile of hay, actively harvesting more with his farming equipment. Beneath him, his two daughters stand next to a pair of horses that are being used to operate the machinery.
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 #8768.2
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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 #8768.2
Creators:
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Charles S. Runyan
Keywords:
1930's
Children
Farm equipment
Harvest
Photograph
1930s
Crow Indian Reservation
Farming
Hay
Spotted, William
Big Horn County, Montana
Crow Indians
Farms
Horses
image
Black & white image
Families
Girls
Men