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Joe Munroe Archive
Description: By the end of the 1960s, chickens were often raised on "factory farms" that confined them to wire cages and provided food and other needs, which greatly increased egg yield. Prior to this, and even on small farms, chickens often had the run of the yard and were conditioned to return to lay eggs in the roost. The flocks photographed here by Joe Munroe in 1948, were led around by a ""boss hen."" 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_B02_F03_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farms; Agriculture; Livestock; Hens
Places: Ohio