Scripps, William E. Farm showing weeds in clover.

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Description:

View of clover on the farm of Detroit News publisher, William E. Scripps. "William E. Scripps founded the true heart of the estate, Wildwood Farm, in 1916, though he described the farm as his “hobby,” he took it very seriously; he implemented state-of- the- art agricultural practices in land reclamation and stock breeding, by the late 1920s, the farm was world famous," from the William E. Scripps Estate website.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1938-06-21T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Lake Orion, Michigan, and Lake Orion

Subject Topic:

Homes and haunts and Family farms

Subject Name:

Scripps, William E. and (William Edmund)

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc70201_2