Description: A photographer shoots film footage of the Grand Canyon in June 1984. Photographer Joe Munroe, who took the picture, lived in Ohio from 1945 to 1954. He was also a filmmaker, and made two films about the Grand Canyon: "Showcase of the Ages" and "Dare the Wildest River." His film career coincided with his interest in rafting the rivers of the western United States, and he led sixteen rafting trips down the Colorado River while directing these films. His cinema work, which incorporates the agricultural and environmental themes important to his entire career, has won numerous awards. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05885
Subjects: Photographers; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--History--Pictorial works; Motion picture film--History
Places: Grand Canyon (Arizona)
 

Description: A team of geologists working at the Grand Canyon, photographed by Joe Munroe, 1965. With its size and diverse ecosystems, the Grand Canyon is a hot spot for geologists and the science community as a whole. President Theodore Roosevelt fought hard to protect the site and visited it many times in his life. It was the 17th National Park designated in the country. 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_B31_F2199_JPG236
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--History--Pictorial work; Geologists
Places: Grand Canyon (Arizona)
 

Description: Wintertime photograph of the Tonto Rim along the southern portion of the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona. The photograph belongs to the Zane Grey Photograph Collection. Grey was a popular and widely-read novelist of the American West. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on January 31, 1872, to Lewis Grey and Alice Josephine Zane Grey. As a teenager, Grey was an excellent baseball player. He won a baseball scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied to become a dentist. Once he left school and began his dental practice in New York, Grey realized that he was not happy. He decided to leave dentistry behind and become a writer. Grey's first novel, "Betty Zane" drew inspiration from the stories he had heard about frontier Ohio when he was growing up. He wrote "Betty Zane" in 1904 but was not able to find a publisher at first. Refusing to give up, Grey traveled west and continued writing. In 1910, he had his first success when Harper's Magazine published "The Heritage of the Desert." Two years later, Harper's published "Riders of the Purple Sage." Grey died unexpectedly of a heart attack on October 23, 1939. By the time of his death, he had written almost ninety books. Most of his books were Westerns, but he also wrote nine books that had a fishing theme. Grey also published many short stories, a biography of George Washington as a young man, and several stories for children. Some of Grey's other popular Western novels included "Spirit of the Border" "Desert Gold" "The Last Trail" "The Call of the Canyon" and "The Thundering Herd." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P49_B08F02_04
Subjects: Landscape photography; National parks & reserves; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--History--Pictorial works; Authors, American--Ohio; Grey, Zane, 1872-1939;
Places: 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)