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Photo, Print, Drawing Johnny Senecal ranch, moving hay with horses, Avon, Montana

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About this Item

Title

  • Johnny Senecal ranch, moving hay with horses, Avon, Montana

Names

  • Stanton, Gary Ward, 1946- (Collector)
  • Johnson, Paula J., 1954- (Collector)
  • Crummett, Michael, 1948- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Avon, Montana, July 19, 1979

Headings

  • -  Horses
  • -  Ranches
  • -  Mowing machines
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Avon

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Note: Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers.
  • -  Index data: Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: at the Senecal ranch, Avon MT: 2-5, Wayne Stockton mowing a field of wild timothy grass, the photographer's notes state that "this was Wayne's first year driving a team and mowing, and consequently he received a lot of kidding from his worker friends"; 6-9, John J. Senecal mowing with his team and mower; 10, Wayne Stockton pauses to give his work horses a rest, as well as double-checking the moving parts of his mower; 11-16, John Senecal, Johnny's father, double-checks the harnesses to see that they are on properly and fitting snugly; 17-25, John Senecal stretches out underneath a big cottonwood tree for an early morning siesta, while the others are out in the fields working; 26, John Senecal finds himself a 10-foot-long branch and probes the depths of Snowshoe Creek, to see how deep the water is flowing; 27, John Senecal inspects the horseshoes on the stallion to see if he is ready to pull his load in the field; 28-33, John Senecal shows fieldworker Gary Stanton what to look for in inspecting a harness and rigging; 34-35, After removing his team from the mower, John J. Senecal takes his horses down to Snowshoe Creek; 36, Wayne Stockton leads his team down to water; 37 [36a], Wayne Stockton (in T-shirt) and John J. Senecal ride in the back of the pick-up, to go back to the ranch house for dinner. Fieldworkers' notes indicate that there were two nearby operations owned by branches of the Senecal family (Johnny Senecal, Bill Senecal), variously referred as ranches or farms. Initial frame numbers as typed in photographer's log sheets; frame numbers in square brackets as assigned at time of scanning.

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: 13_22753

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, Paula J Johnson, and Michael Crummett. Johnny Senecal ranch, moving hay with horses, Avon, Montana. Montana United States Avon, 1979. Avon, Montana. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1981005_13_22753/.

APA citation style:

Stanton, G. W., Johnson, P. J. & Crummett, M. (1979) Johnny Senecal ranch, moving hay with horses, Avon, Montana. Montana United States Avon, 1979. Avon, Montana. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1981005_13_22753/.

MLA citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, Paula J Johnson, and Michael Crummett. Johnny Senecal ranch, moving hay with horses, Avon, Montana. Avon, Montana. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1981005_13_22753/>.