Description: Sheep crowd around a rancher as he tries to fill the water trough via a pipe connected to a water truck, photographed by Joe Munroe, 1966. Sheep were very useful because they can graze on sparse land or fields that other animals could not, effectively turning wasted space into meat or wool. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B09_F04_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farms; Agriculture; Livestock; Sheep
Places: Idaho
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, the top photograph shows a herd of dairy cattle drinking in a stream or pond in Ohio. The second photograph shows a conservation project to prevent soil erosion in Ohio. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F03_022_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Cattle; Rural life; Erosion
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: "Trumbull Co Truck Farm. Pub in Warren O, Guide" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F05_015_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.; Truck farming
Places: Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a rebuilt version of an original mill built on this site in the 1840s by Noah Hoover, President Herbert Hoover's great-uncle. The mill features a 27-foot waterwheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00382
Subjects: Mills and mill-work--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Miami County (Ohio); Agricultural machinery;
Places: West Milton (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Louis Bromfield on a tractor at his home on Malabar Farm. Ohio author, farmer, and conservationist Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book Early Autumn in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. The Friends of the Land was a conservation society formed in March 1940 as a non-profit, non-partisan, independent organization supported entirely by its members. It worked with all government and private agencies to support, increase, and unify all efforts for the control and wise use of rain, soil, and all living products. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P32_B02F01_001
Subjects: Louis Bromfield; Authors; Literary Ohio; Agricultural economics; Malabar Farm;
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Forsyth's Mill on the Olentangy River, ca. 1886-1888. This photograph is part of a collection compiled by Henry Howe while researching the 1889 edition of "Historical Collections of Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00250
Subjects: Olentangy River (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture
 

Description: Plowing lines for planting at author-conservationist Louis Bromfield's Malabar Farm, Richland County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Bromfield (1896-1956) received the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Early Autumn" in 1927 and wrote 30 best-selling books during his 32-year literary career. In 1939, he created his dream, Malabar Farm, where he could demonstrate sound soil and water conservation practices and teach others about sustainable agriculture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00645
Subjects: Agricultural machinery; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Malabar Farm
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two photographs of the 1969 Ohio State Fair document activities in Natural Resources Park. The first photograph shows a lumberjack show, while the second is a group of fair-goers canoeing. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). The Ohio State Fair provides an important opportunity for farmers to promote their crops and livestock and to learn about advances in agricultural machinery. The first state fair was held in Cincinnati in 1850. In the ten years that followed, Newark, Sandusky, Zanesville and Cleveland hosted the fair, before it settled permanently in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3062_3670063_005
Subjects: Agriculture; Arts and entertainment; Expositions and fairs; Canoes; Loggers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Threshing grain on a farm in Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F02_014_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.; Threshing
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A photograph of a farmer controlling weeds with his horse and harrow. A harrow had tines or sharp points to break up the soil. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F03_034_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Display of award winning canned goods at the Ohio State Fair, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1992-1993. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01044
Subjects: Ohio State Fair (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Fairs; Expositions and fairs;
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Threshing in Northern Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F04_010_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.; Harvesting
Places: Ohio