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- Multiple farm structures with a horse barn to the far right in winter at the Oakview farm. 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-104) [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
- Description:
- A group of men and women pile rocks to be used for the stone wall in front of Van Hoosen Farm in Stoney Creek. A team of two horses pull the stones in a small wooden sledge. The people in the image are, from left to right, Leon Price, Oswald Wallace, Bertha Van Hoosen, Sarah Van Hoosen Jones, Alice Jones, and a friend of Bertha's. (P-372) [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
- Description:
- Pasture with men and a flock of sheep. Barns and work buildings in the background.
- 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:
- The Kremer carriage shop with chicken coop attached are pictured. Individuals in the photograph include from left to right, Gladys Kremer (Clarence's wife), Will Fox (neighbor) and Eliza Jane Kremer. Frank Kremer was a carriage builder in Rochester on East Alley. These individuals are "playing horse" at a Ladies Aid Meeting at the Kremer home.
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library