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Joe Munroe Archive
Description: Unexpected freezes and frosts can greatly damage a farmer's crop. Some resorted to new technologies like the ramjet-powered wind maker/warmer, photographed here by Joe Munroe in 1962. The tiny jet engines rotated in circles, creating a warming effect on the surrounding area. Although successful, they did not catch on because of high cost and noise. Today the warming process is carried out by electrically-powered fans. 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_F12_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farming; Agricultural technologies; Farm equipment;
Places: Ripon (California)