Windmill on the Great Plains   Save
Joe Munroe Archive
Description: This 1974 photograph by Joe Munroe shows a lone windmill on the Nebraska plains. Windmills were a great help to advancing settlers as they crossed the Great Plains region of the United States. In addition to grinding grains, they were adapted to help pump water from the ground. This was useful in a variety of ways, including providing drinking water for herds as they roamed across the plains. This practice also served as a form of irrigation to help pump out fields that were flooded with water, thereby making them useful for growing. 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_B33_F2418_JPG107
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Wind pumps; Windmills; Irrigation;
Places: Nebraska