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- Description:
- Front cover, back cover, and interior color illustration from 1883 D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by the Gulley Printing House, Detroit; front cover shows a circle with a woman in a red and white dress watering flowers outside a window, and flowers surround the circle; "Seed Annual 1883" above the circle with D.M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich. below the circle; back cover shows a circle with a young boy sitting on a watermelon and eating a piece of watermelon with a young girl in a red and white dress standing next to him watching; various vegetables run around the circle; D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich. is just above the circle; both cover images from Calvert Lithograph Company, Detroit; third page is a color picture of various flowers from Cosack & CC Buffalo & Chicago
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Full packet of D.M. Ferry and Company Mammoth White Bush Scallop Squash. A color illustration of the squash by the Calvert Lithograph Company is on the recto. A description, instructions, and a stamp which reads, "1915," are on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Form letter from N.W. Ayer and Son, Philadelphia; April 3, 1880. A very early example of a printed form letter with blank spaces for the insertion of an address. This particular letter was in reference to publication of a D.M. Ferry and Company advertisement.
- Date Issued:
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company invoice for the McCammon Investment Company of McCammon, Idaho, recording a balance due of $32.08, for the 1909 season, dated November 29, 1909. The "Pd," has been added in pencil in the ledger field. The invoice is printed on company letterhead, and is signed "D.M. Ferry & Co." at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company trade card advertising Nasturtium. A color illustration of the flowers, from the Calvert Lithograph Company, "painted from actual specimens," according to the caption, as well as the copyright date, 1889, are on the recto. The verso contains a description of the plant, and a price list for its different varieties.
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; front and back cover has a picture of a yellow flower attached to a green stem on a gray background, with "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich. Bulbs and Seeds Autumn 1916" at bottom; inside are descriptions of various plants with prices; black and white pictures and photographs; Calvert Lithograph Company; John Borman and Son, Printers; order form included
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Letter on D. M. Ferry and Company letter head, no image, with company executives listed; to the Exchange Bank, Bloomfield, IA.; reads: "Gentlemen:- If our sight draft #4549 on Eberline Kneedler, of Belknap, IA, for $8.52 sent you Oct. 11th has not been paid by the time this letter reaches you kindly return it to us at once, and oblige Yours truly, D. M. Ferry and Co.; handwritten not to call Eberline; follow-up handwritten not dated 12/14/12 stating Eberline was called; Dated Dec. 12th, 1912
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Check from D. M. Ferry & Co. to McCammon Investment Company for $24.70; Signed by Kirby B. White, Secretary; Two stamps from McCammon State Bank and one stamp from The Corn Exchange National Bank of Chicago on Front; Two stamps on bank, one Pay to the Order of The Corn Exchange Nation Bank of Chicago, Ill., other Pay The Corn Exchange Natl. Bank from the First National Bank, Detroit, Mich.; Check No. 42/83; Dated Dec. 23, 1909
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 1883 D. M. Ferry and Company catalog printed by the Gulley Printing House with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company, containing information and illustrations of the company's fields and other facilities, as well as descriptions and illustrations of the fruits, vegetables, flowers, and farming tools available through the company. A girl waters flowers through a window on the front cover, and a small boy and girl share a large slice of watermelon in a field, surrounded by a border of vegetables on the back.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son with illustrations from Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has an illustration picture of red, pink, white and yellow snapdragons with the caption "Snapdragon Fine Mixed"; back cover has red, orange, pink white and yellow flowers; "Seed Annual 1916, D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." is printed on both the front and back cover; inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white pictures and photographs, with three full page color illustrations near the front; order form missing, though order envelope is present
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
