Keeping young people on the farm   Save
Joe Munroe Archive
Description: In the later half of the nineteenth century, it became more difficult to keep younger farmers interested in staying on the farm. With the lure of new opportunities in the city, many youths took the opportunity to go to college and move away from farm life. In this 1974 photograph, Maynard Raffety speaks with his grandson, Michael, about his enthusiasm and wisdom gained from working on a farm. Michael was interested in computers and later worked for a firm in Chicago. 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_B04_F09_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farming; Farm life; Family farms
Places: Grinnell (Iowa)