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Joe Munroe Archive
Description: Even with advancements in technology, farms in the 1970s still needed to check for proper seed depth to ensure even planting. This 1974 photograph by Joe Munroe shows a farmer following behind a 12-row seed planter on a farm to measure its accuracy. 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_JPG073c
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Agriculture; Farm life; Farming; Farm equipment
Places: Iowa