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- Beet seed at Oakview for the Ferry Morse Seed Farm
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- A group of workers, mules, and horses gathered outside of a large barn at Oakview. The D.M. Ferry Company, later known as the Ferry-Morse Seed Company, expanded operations from Detroit to Avon Township in 1902. Oakview Farm comprised the area between South Rochester Road, East Hamlin Road, John R Road, and East Auburn Road. In 1912, the company increased the size of the farm northward, so that it reached to East Avon Road. Oakview was the site of the company’s trial grounds and stock seed breeding operations until 1944. (P-26) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- A farmhouse, horse barn, and other outbuildings sit behind a fence on a dirt road. (P-359) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Two men wearing aprons and boots attend to a hoofed animal, which is strapped to a table in a laboratory. The Parke, Davis and Company was incorporated in the 1870s in Detroit, Michigan. The pharmaceutical company opened a facility in Avon Township in 1908, which has the distinction of being the first of its kind to hold a license for the manufacture of vaccines and other biological-based drugs in the United States. Commonly referred to as the Parkedale Farm or Parke-Davis Farm, it was comprised of land along Parkdale Road, bordered by Miller Avenue on the west, Van Hoosen Farm on the north, Dequindre Road on the east, the Michigan Central Railroad (MCR) on the south. Most of the farm buildings were demolished in 1999, but a few original structures remain. The site was owned by various companies over the years and was acquired by JHP Pharmaceuticals in 2007, which controls a parcel of land east of Letica Drive. (P-381) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Trial gardens of the Ferry Seed Farm.
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Portrait of Colonel John Chadsey Frank, Sr. (1799-1877). He was born in Vermont and had a farm on the north side of Hamlin Road in Avon Township. Colonel Frank was married to Arabella Chipman (1805-1846) and Adeline Kettell (1798-1886). His children include Mary A. Frank (Beckett), John Chadsey Frank, Jr., Edwin Rufus Frank, Arabella O. Frank, and Lucius Lyon Frank. Re-photographed in an ornate frame. (P-308) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Photograph of Hannah L. Parker Adams (1853-1939), wife of Charles P. Adams. Born in Avon Township, she was the daughter of Calvin Parker and Maria L. Photograph was taken at Bragy, Diehl and Company in Detroit. (P-423) see also P-124 [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- Photograph of Charles Adams (1850-1910). He was born in Avon Township to farmers Charles S. Adams and Amorett C. Adams. He was married to Hannah L. Parker. (P-235) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Gladys Collins, Clarence Kremer's wife, neighbor Will Fox, and Eliza Jane Kremer, wife of Frank Kremer, "play horse" outside of the Kremer's carriage shop. The occasion is a Ladies' Aide meeting at the Kremer's home. Frank was a buggy, wagon, and carriage maker. He made the underpart of the buggies downstairs and Eliza Jane upholstered the tops upstairs, then they were lowered down and assembled. Frank had also been a carriage maker in Rochester on "East Alley." (P-185) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Photograph of Joshua Van Hoosen (1830-1984) digging for gold in California. Joshua was a resident of Avon Township and was married to Sarah Van Hoosen and was the father of Bertha Van Hoosen. (P-73) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library