Checking sheep fleece before shearing   Save
Joe Munroe Archive
Description: Farmers must check a sheep's fleece for quality and length before shearing. This 1957 photograph by Joe Munroe gives a great look into that process. 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_B01_F17_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farms; Agricultural; Livestock; Sheep
Places: Roswell (New Mexico)