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Joe Munroe Archive
Description: Photograph of jazz musician Ralph Sutton as he plays at his piano in Squaw Valley, California. Sutton was a famous pianist from Missouri who lived and performed all over the United States. His most famous partner was Bob Scobey. 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_F2008_JPG289
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Musicians; Jazz musicians; Musical instruments
Places: Squaw Valley (California)