Scripps William E. Cattle Champion Steer Michigan State Fair . 7 neg

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Description:

Unidentified men and pose with William E. Scripps' champion cow at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit, 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 ... Scripps helped improve the worldwide genetic lines of Aberdeen (Black) Angus beef cattle by selective breeding of a disease resistant steer, he also raised purebred milk cows, swine, sheep, and poultry, and had a modern dairy operation, 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:

1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Beef cattle, Showing, and Livestock exhibitions

Subject Name:

Scripps, William E., (William Edmund), and Michigan State Fair

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:vmc18616_5