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Joe Munroe Archive
Description: Photograph of Joe Stelly and wife, taken by Joe Munroe, 1949. Small family farms required a lot of work, and on Stelly's 75-acre farm in Louisiana, he did all the work with only the help of a few livestock animals. His main crop was sweet potatoes while his wife grew herbs. 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_B12_F05_003
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farm life; Family farms; Family life; Couples
Places: Opelousas (Louisiana)