Description: Joe Munroe captures Nikita Khrushchev's journey around Garst farm, owned by Roswell Garst, in this 1959 photograph. Khrushchev, who led the USSR from 1953 until 1964, was visiting the farm to look at Garst's new hybrid corn. The trip was viewed as a great help to US-Soviet relations in the midst of Cold War tensions. 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_B13_F05_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Nikita Khrushchev; Farms; Cold War; Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company
Places: Coon Rapids (Iowa)
 

Description: Photograph of Roswell Garst and his wife, Elizabeth, outside their home near Coon Rapids, Iowa, 1959. Nikita Khrushchev, who led the USSR from 1953 until 1964, visited the Garst Farm during his 1959 tour of the United States to look at Garst's new hybrid corn. The trip was viewed as a great help to US-Soviet relations in the midst of Cold War tensions. 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_B05_F02_1090_8_5
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Portrait photography; Cold War; Agricultural technologies; Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company;
Places: Coon Rapids (Iowa);
 

Description: Group photograph of Roswell Garst and members of his family with Nikita Khrushchev, outside their home near Coon Rapids, Iowa, 1959. Garst is seen at center with his hand extended, while Khrushchev is third from right. Khrushchev, who led the USSR from 1953 until 1964, visited the Garst Farm during his 1959 tour of the United States to look at Garst's new hybrid corn. The trip was viewed as a great help to US-Soviet relations in the midst of Cold War tensions. 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_B05_F03_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; ; Cold War; Agricultural technologies; Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company; Nikita Khrushchev;
Places: Coon Rapids (Iowa);
 

Description: Photograph of Roswell Garst, likely on his farm near Coon Rapids, Iowa, 1959. Nikita Khrushchev, who led the USSR from 1953 until 1964, visited the Garst Farm during his 1959 tour of the United States to look at Garst's new hybrid corn. The trip was viewed as a great help to US-Soviet relations in the midst of Cold War tensions. 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_B05_F03_890
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Portrait photography; Cold War; Agricultural technologies; Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company;
Places: Coon Rapids (Iowa);
 

Description: Photograph of Roswell Garst and Nikita Khrushchev surrounded by members of the media during Khrushchev's visit to Garst's Iowa farm, 1959. Khrushchev, who led the USSR from 1953 until 1964, visited the Garst Farm during his 1959 tour of the United States to look at Garst's new hybrid corn. The trip was viewed as a great help to US-Soviet relations in the midst of Cold War tensions. 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_B05_F04_1090_15_33
Subjects: Joe Munroe; ; Cold War; Agricultural technologies; Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company; Nikita Khrushchev;
Places: Coon Rapids (Iowa);
 

Description: Photograph of the Roswell Garst family in the Garst living room after the day's visit with Nikita Khrushchev, 1959. Khrushchev, who led the USSR from 1953 until 1964, visited the Garst Farm in Coon Rapids, Iowa, during his 1959 tour of the United States to look at Garst's new hybrid corn. The trip was viewed as a great help to US-Soviet relations in the midst of Cold War tensions. 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_B29_1090_13_K
Subjects: Joe Munroe; ; Cold War; Agricultural technologies; Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company; Nikita Khrushchev;
Places: Coon Rapids (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: Joe Munroe captures visiting farmer Roswell Garst as he visits famed author and farmer Louis Bromfield at his home on Malabar Farm. Both Bromfield and Garst were famous for their experimentation with farming techniques. Garst was part of a company that created hybridized corn, while Bromfield pioneered working with more traditional methods of local produce. 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_F919_JPG286
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Louis Bromfield; Roswell Garst; Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company; Malabar Farm
Places: Lucas (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)