Description: Two migrant farm workers on strike on a tomato farm in California, photographed by Joe Munroe, 1960. In the years after World War II, conditions and pay for farmhands did not rise with the growth of the American economy. It was only through unionization and political pressure that conditions improved. 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_B30_003
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Agricultural laborers; Migrant agricultural laborers; Farm life; Labor unions
Places: Salinas (California)
 

Description: Photograph showing a Mexican migrant worker picking tomatoes on a farm in California, taken by Joe Munroe, 1960. Even with the advancement of modern harvesting techniques and technologies, handpicking tomatoes is often required for table-ripe tomatoes whose skin is thinner. 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_B30_002
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Agricultural laborers; Migrant agricultural laborers; Farm life; Tomatoes--Harvesting
Places: Imperial Valley (California)
 

Description: Workers tending fields at author-conservationist Louis Bromfield's Malabar Farm, Richland County, Ohio, June, 1952. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00639
Subjects: Agricultural conservation; Agricultural laborers; Ohio Economy -- Agriculture; Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Four farmers stand in a field in Illinois, photographed by Joe Munroe ca. 1940. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05904
Subjects: Farmers; Agriculture; Agricultural laborers; Rural life
Places: Nebraska
 

Description: A ranch hand carries a sick calf on the 3V Ranch in Seligman, Arizona, photographed by Joe Munroe in 1963. Ranch hands and cowboys were responsible for a wide variety of work on the ranch, including looking after cattle. 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_003
Subjects: Farming; Cattle; Joe Munroe; Agricultural laborers
Places: Seligman (Arizona)
 

Description: Hard labor coupled with long days and heat made for uncomfortable conditions when harvesting rice. A worker is pictured using baby powder to reduce the itch from the swirling chaff in the air, photographed by Joe Munroe, 1961. 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_B12_F08_007
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Agricultural laborers; Rice--Harvesting;
Places: Colusa (California)
 

Description: Two men husking corn, one holding a knife. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07816
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; Agricultural laborers; Farm life--Ohio; Corn;
Places: Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photo negative taken by Joe Munroe of a cowboy napping during a 1957 cattle roundup near Placerville, California. 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_B27a_005
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Agricultural laborers; Cowboys; Cattle drives
Places: Placerville (California)
 

Description: Even as the world moves forward, the role of the cowboy is a reminder that some things stay the same. In this 1957 photograph by Joe Munroe, a cowboy is herding some of the strays toward nearby corrals. During the past few months the cattle had wandered far and strays were common. Cattle roundups could often take two weeks or more. 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_B28_002
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Agricultural laborers; Cowboys; Cattle drives
Places: California
 

Description: To help protect their investment, ranchers would sometimes put their cattle through what are known as "dips." These troughs were essentially chemical baths done during a cattle roundup to help ward off insects and diseases. Photographer Joe Munroe photographed these two steers at the 3V Ranch near Seligman, Arizona, in 1963. 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_B31_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Agricultural laborers; Cowboys; Cattle drives; Cows
Places: Seligman (Arizona)
 

Description: Ranch hands had early mornings and long nights. The cowboys photographed here by Joe Munroe in 1963 are eating breakfast by the fire, near the 3V Ranch near Seligman, Arizona. This massive 900,000-acre ranch stretched for miles from Route 66 to the southern edge of the lower Grand Canyon. The area was sparse and only allowed an average grazing space of one cow per acre. 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_B12_F07_002
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Agricultural laborers; Cowboys; Cattle drives
Places: Seligman (Arizona)
 

Description: Cowboys during an evening of poker in a line shack, photographed by Joe Munroe in 1963. Cowboys would be out on the prairies for extended periods of time during the cattle roundup season. At night they would get together in little houses like this one on the 3V Ranch near Seligman, Arizona. 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_B12_F07_003
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Agricultural laborers; Cowboys; Cattle drives
Places: Seligman (Arizona)