Description: This is a photograph of a Government Land Use Program showing the difference between crops nourished by phosphate and lime and crops that lack any kind of plant food. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F04_003_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century; Land use; Crops
Places: Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: A close-up of an ear of corn with the leaves partially removed, photographed by Joe Munroe in Nebraska, ca. 1960. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05903
Subjects: Corn; Munroe, Joe, 1917-; Agriculture; Crops
Places: Nebraska
 

Description: Caption reads: "Farm of Ralph McIntire. This shows the four sod waterways preventing possible gullies in natural "draws" or depressions." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F02_024_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Crops; Farm life
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1920-1939, this photographic reproduction shows Zoar workers standing in a hop field located north of the village's cow barn, ca. 1880-1889. Led by Joseph Bimeler in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They would become known as the Society of Separatists of Zoar in 1819. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. Louis Baus was a prominent photographer in Cleveland, Ohio, who began his career with studio work, but in 1911 became a staff writer for the "Cleveland Advocate, " a local newspaper that was later purchased by the "Cleveland Plain Dealer." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B04_Series2Album2_118
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Communal Societies; Agriculture; Rural life; Crops
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Technology of the postwar years not only helped in harvesting, but also in planting as seen in this 1975 photograph of a corn planter, taken by Joe Munroe. This planter could plant twelve rows at once, in addition to laying down fertilizers and insecticides. This was a great advancement from the 1940s, when two rows was the average on farmer could plant at a time. 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_B11_F01_004
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farming; Corn; Crops; Agricultural technologies; Farm equipment
Places: Carroll (Iowa)
 

Description: Photograph taken by Joe Munroe of a farmer holding a handful of corn seeds, 1958. These seeds are a hybrid variety created through breeding to become bigger and more uniform. Due to its climate and soil conditions, the United States grows more corn than anyone in the world, and provides half of the world's corn supply. Corn is still the most widely-grown crop in the US. 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_F15_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farming; Corn; Crops; Hybrid corn
Places: Illinois
 

Description: Photograph of a field, which appears to be a crop of sorghum, taken by Joe Munroe. 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_B18_F03_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Crops; Agriculture;
 

Description: A country road in Champaign County, Ohio flanked by a wooden fence. The road curves towards a small barn in the distance. Adjacent to the road stands a large field of corn. Champaign County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 38,890. Its county seat is Urbana. It takes its name from the French word for "open level country." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F05_008_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century; Roads; Rural life; Crops
Places: Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of two boys learning about tomato plants from an older farmer. Caption reads: "Garden Club Highland Park." It is not certain which Highland Park this photograph was taken in, but it seems likely it was taken in Celina, Ohio, north of State Route 703. Ohio is the country's fifth largest producer of fresh and processed tomatoes, after California, Florida, Georgia and Virginia. As of 2001, the annual output was more than 500 million pounds, mainly grown in Fulton, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky and Wood Counties. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F05_014_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century; Crops; Tomatoes--Harvesting
Places: Celina (Ohio); Mercer County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows haystacks in a field in the fall in New Philadelphia, Ohio, in Tuscarawas County. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads "Scene Buehlers Farm, Tusc Co Stonewcreek Road. Wesley Green, Photographer Nellie E. Kaltenbaugh, Writers Project, New Phila." 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_B06F05_016_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farming; Hay; Crops; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Route 303 - Hinckley Township - Medina County. (Photographed by Henry P Boynton - 1940)." The farm probably was located along Route 303 (Center Rd.) in Hinckley Township, Ohio. It is not known if this farm still exists. Hinckley Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States, located in the northeast corner of the county. The 2000 census found 6,753 people in the township. It has a total area of 26.9 square miles. The township became known across Ohio and the United States as the home of the buzzards. On March 15 of every year, buzzards arrive in large flocks at the town, as if on a very exact biological clock. The town began celebrating the arrival of the birds in 1957, and today as many as 50,000 visitors visit the Hinckley Reservation in the town annually on "Buzzard Day" to witness the return of the avian residents. The event is used to mark the beginning of spring for Hinckley and the surrounding towns. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F05_018_1
Subjects: Medina County (Ohio); Farm life; Haystacks; Crops
Places: Hinckley Township (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the 1930s or late 1940s, this photograph shows a farmer using a yunta, or horse drawn plow, to form rows in preparation for planting. The photograph's caption reads "Cultivating beans for Marietta Markets, overlooking Blennerhassett Island, Washington County, 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_B06F04_004_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Farms; Crops; Harvesting; Farming; Rural life
Places: Washington County (Ohio)