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- D. M. Ferry and Company confirmation receipt; header including engravings of D.M. Ferry and Company Seed Warehouses A and B, as well as a list of company executives; addressed to Alex Waddington of Waddington, California on March 1, 1900, "Dear Sir: We acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 21st wt[?] with enclosure $189.36 which we credit to you on account with our best thanks under the following conditions: All checks on Interior Banks, and all other checks and drafts not endorsed by the sender, are taken for collection only, and we will not be held responsible for any loss that may be incurred in collecting such checks or drafts"
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Front cover of the D.M. Ferry & Co. Seed Annual from 1908. The recto features the title of the publication and a color drawing of the Horticultural Building, located at Belle Isle Park in Detroit. The illustration features a variety of flowers in the foreground, followed by a large field with a ring of flowers and several trees, and the Horticultural Building in the background. The verso, which is the inside of the front cover, features the table of contents for the Seed Annual, and also indicates that it was printed by "John Bornman & Son, Printers, Detroit, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; front and back cover has a picture of four flowers, a yellow one "Mrs. Moon", a dark pink "Psyche", a light pink "Fairy Queen" and a purple "Philippe de Commines", with "Bulbs & Seeds Autumn 1917" at top, and "D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich." at bottom; inside are descriptions of various plants and flowers along with prices; black and white pictures; order form still attached, along with an attached page with new prices stating that due to seed shortages prices have increased
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son, with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has an illustration of white, red, and pink flowers, with "Seed Annual, 1914"" printed at the top and "D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen - Detroit, Mich." at bottom; back cover has red, purple, pink, white, and yellow flowers with "D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen, Detroit - Mich." at top and "Seed Annual - 1914" at bottom; inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white illustrations and photographs, with two full page color illustrations near the front, one color page near the middle and one color page near the back; order form missing
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; front cover has a red and yellow sun-like picture, with "Autumn 1888 Bulbs and Seeds" at top and middle" and "For Fall Planting D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit" at bottom; back cover has a plant in a vase with vines in the background and 1888 along the top; inside are descriptions of various plants with prices; black and white pictures and photographs; J. B. Thomas Detroit, Mich.; order form and envelope included
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Front cover of the D.M. Ferry & Co. Seed Annual from 1909. The recto features a color illustration of white, red, pink, purple, and yellow flowers. The verso, which is the inside of the front cover, features the table of contents for the Seed Annual, and also indicates that it was printed by "John Bornman & Son, Printers, Detroit, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
