Description: Reverse reads: "District 5, Trumbull Co." This is a photo of an unidentified farmer hoeing some crops in Trumbull County, Ohio. It appears that the crops may be zucchini plants. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F13_002_001
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Farming; Farmers; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Farmers often have gardens in addition to their crop fields, as seen in this 1947 photograph by Joe Munroe which shows a farmer tending his small vegetable plot. 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_B04_F14_JPG049
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Agriculture; Vegetable gardening;
Places: Kentucky
 

Description: Farmers often have gardens in addition to their crop fields, as seen in this 1950 Joe Munroe photograph of a husband and wife tending their vegetables. 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_B04_F14_JPG050
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Agriculture; Vegetable gardening; Families
Places: New York
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a man and woman standing behind their two-story house by their vegetable garden. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b12_f669
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families; Vegetable gardening
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a couple standing outside their two-story house, while the man uses a hose to water the vegetable garden. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b12_f674
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families; Vegetable gardening
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a man and woman standing behind their two-story house by their vegetable garden. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b12_f677
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Families; Vegetable gardening
Places: Ohio; West Virginia