Carrot-packing machine photograph   Save
Joe Munroe Archive
Description: 1962 photograph by Joe Munroe of a carrot-picking machine in Salinas, California. In addition to picking the carrots, this machine (along with its 70-man crew) can wash, sort, and box the carrots. In one day's work, the crew could have 3 railroad cars packed and ready for shipment. 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_B30_005
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farming; Agricultural technologies; Farm equipment; Harvesting
Places: Salinas (California)