Description: Dated ca. 1930-1949, this photograph shows beef cattle at a watering trough on an unidentified farm 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_B06F06_014_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Beef cattle; Livestock; Farms; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph by Joe Munroe showing a cowboy weighing in a beef cow on a computerized scale, taken at the large breeding stockyards at Codding Ranch in Oklahoma. 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_B30_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farms; Agriculture; Livestock; Beef cattle
Places: Foraker (Oklahoma)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows beef cattle grazing in a pasture in Urbana, Ohio, in Champaign County. 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_B14F04_035_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Beef cattle; Agriculture; Rural life; Livestock
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Beef bulls are calmer than dairy bulls, and as such are often allowed to roam freely with dairy cows, whereas dairy bulls are confined almost entirely for breeding purposes. The docile nature of these bulls is evident in this 1948 photograph taken by Joe Munroe of a small boy tickling the nose of a bull. 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_B01_F01_002
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farms; Agricultural; Livestock; Beef cattle
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Angus beef is the most popular beef breed of cattle in the United States, and James Quisenbury's purebred Angus is no exception. Joe Munroe captures both the bull and his master in this 1948 photograph from Kentucky. 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_B01_F01_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farms; Agricultural; Livestock; Beef cattle
Places: Kentucky
 

Description: Cattle herd crossing the American River in California as they make their way to pasture near Placerville, photographed by Joe Munroe in 1959. Herds are driven to pasture in the spring to graze during the summer, before being rounded up later in the year. 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_B28_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farms; Agriculture; Livestock; Beef cattle
Places: Placerville (California)
 

Description: 1960 photograph by Joe Munroe showing a cowboy weighing in a beef cow on a computerized scale at the large breeding stockyards on Oklahoma's Codding Ranch. Munroes 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 Joes 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_B30_F2030_JPG007a
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farms; Agriculture; Livestock; Beef cattle
Places: Foraker (Oklahoma)
 

Description: Farms are home to a large number of animals, and domestic animals are often free to roam the grounds. Here a kitten has wandered to a fence and is being licked by a young calf, photographed by Joe Munroe, 1968. 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_B01_F03_JPG003
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Beef cattle; Livestock; Cats
Places: Phoenix (Arizona)