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- Description:
- Sealed D.M Ferry and Company envelope addressed to Mr. W.H. Greenell of Pierpont Manor, New York. The envelope is printed with a Calvert Lithograph Company engraving of the D.M. Ferry and Company Seed Warehouse above a logo which reads, "D.M. Ferry & Co. Seed Merchants, Growers & Importers, Detroit, Mich." The envelope is postmarked Detroit, February 3, 1886, and bears a two cent brown George Washington stamp. A Pierrepont Manor, New York, February 4, 1886 postmark is on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company color advertisement for "New Sweet Pea"; illustration has pink and white flowers by the Calvert Lithograph Company; price for packets in the lower right corner; "Introduced in 1889 by D. M. Ferry & Co." on left side; "Miss Blanche Ferry" in upper right corner
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Sealed yellow Gardner, Ferry, and Church envelope printed with an engraving of a robed woman holding a sickle in one hand and plants in the other at the upper left, addressed to Mef C. and E. King of Ypsilanti, Michigan. The address for Gardner, Ferry, and Church is 189 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. The envelope is postmarked March 9 with a 3 cent Washington stamp.
- Date Issued:
- 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company statement of account for Miss R. J. Winn and Company of Fort Union, Virginia on May 18, 1895. A handwritten note below the ledger reads, "These seeds were left over when our traveler called 7/8/94. Please remit at once."
- Date Issued:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
