Scripps, William E. Farm. Geese

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Description:

Unidentified men examine the wings of a goose at Wildwood Farm (home of Detroit News publisher, William E. Scripps) in Lake Orion, Michigan. "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 ... Will Scripps established Wildwood Farm with the help of Scots cattleman Sidney Smith, who was his estate superintendent for over thirty years, the farm housed seven managers and employed numerous workers from the Orion area," 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

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Lake Orion, Michigan, Lake Orion, Michigan, and Lake Orion

Subject Topic:

Homes and haunts, Family farms, and Geese

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:vmc78820_1