Farm inspecting roots of birdsfoot trefoil   Save
Joe Munroe Archive
Description: In the years following World War II, technology and labor-saving machines greatly helped the life of the farmer, but sometimes there is no substitute for a farmer's hands. An Ohio farmer is pictured using his hands to inspect birdsfoot trefoil (a flowering plant used in agriculture for grazing livestock) for insects. Photographed by Joe Munroe, 1948. 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_B27_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Farming;
Places: West Union (Ohio); Adams County (Ohio)