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Joe Munroe Archive
Description: As farms grew larger and fewer in number, technology and equipment became increasingly important to running a farm. This photograph, taken by Joe Munroe in 1949, shows the equipment necessary to run a 400-acre farm in central Ohio. This does not include the roughly 2,000 dollars worth of small tools like grinders and repair tools. 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_B11_F03_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farming; Agricultural technologies; Farm equipment
Places: Ohio