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- 1886 D. M. Ferry and Company catalog printed by O. S. Gulley, Bornman and Company, with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has a circle in the middle with a woman inside wearing a large hat, pink flowers show above the circle and a pattern of green flowers fills the background below; "1886 Seed Annual" along the top with "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." along the bottom of front cover; back cover has an illustration of trees and a cabin on the shore of a body of water within a rectangular border, with a pink floral background along the left side and a green floral pattern below and to the right; "D. M. Ferry & Co." is across the top, "Seed Merchants" across the center and Detroit, Mich. in a circle near the lower right corner; inside are listings of seeds and prices, descriptions of different flowers and vegetables, and black and white pictures
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company color trade card advertising Nasturtium; front has a color picture from Calvert Lithograph Company, Detroit, Mich of orange and yellow flowers on a purple background; states "painted from actual specimens grown on D. M. Ferry & Co. trial grounds"; back has brief information about Nasturtium, along with varieties of the flower available; copyrighted 1889
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son of Detroit with illustrations from the Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has an illustration of a the Belle Isle Conservatory as viewed from over a patch of flowers in the foreground, a caption reads "Horticultural Building, Belle Isle Park, Detroit.", with "Seed Annual 1908" and D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen - Detroit, Mich. at top; On the back cover "Seed Annual 1908, D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen, Detroit, Mich." is printed above an illustration of a bridge over one of Belle Isle's streams with the Detroit Boat Club standing in the background, captioned as "Scene in Belle Isle Park, Detroit;" inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white illustrations and photographs, with three full page color pictures spaced throughout; order form attached
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog printed by Gulley Printing House with illustrations from Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has two girls, one older and one younger, standing in grass picking flowers from a tree, to the right of them other flowers are shown; "Seed Annual 1884" along the top with "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." along the bottom of front cover; Back cover has a picture of tomatoes in the middle with the caption "Livingston's Favorite Tomato see description in this catalogue"; flowers and vines run about the tomatoes; D. M. Ferry & Co., "Seed Merchants Detroit, Mich." at the bottom; inside are listings of seeds and prices, descriptions of different flowers and vegetables, and black and white pictures and four color pages throughout
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company receipt from a box of seeds, plus packages of late cabbage, kale, and kohlrabi seeds, totaling $43.20, sold to Mr. C. Schaaf of Augusta, Missouri on December 16, 1876. "On sale," is noted in a field marked "terms," and "Less comm[ission]," has been noted beneath the list of goods. The receipt is printed with a company header that includes an engraving of a woman in Native American costume standing with her hand on her chest above a woman who is kneeling while gathering grains with a sickle.
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Back cover for D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; picture of yellow flowers; "Bush Eschscholtzia see Page 74" at top and "Seed Annual 1910 D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen Detroit, Mich" at bottom; Calvert Lithograph Company; list of foreign names of vegetables and herbs, and books for sale on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company for $3.50 worth of assorted vegetable seeds, factoring in commission, sold to James F. Wagenhorst of Mertztown, Pennsylvania on February 14, 1894. The header of the invoice includes a pair of engravings of D.M. Ferry and Company Seed Warehouses A and B. The dimensions of the former are provided as 300 by 120 feet, and the latter, 85 by 140 feet.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- 1889 D.M. Ferry and Company catalog; front cover has a picture of a women spreading seeds on the wind and 1889 next to her, with "Universal Almanac and Catalogue of Garden Seeds, D. M. Ferry & Co. Seed Merchants, Detroit, Mich." on cover in black; back cover has a picture, credited to John B. Thomas, of men hoeing cabbages at the bottom, with "P. F. Lentz, Dealer in D.M. Ferry & Co.'s Garden and Field Seeds. Confectionery, Cigars and Tobacco Slatington - - - - Pa.;" inside are descriptions of various plants with prices; black and white illustrations; O. S. Gulley, Bornman and Company, Printers
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company affidavit for a Commission Seed Account from George Helm and Company, Trebeins, Ohio for the sum of $7.34; At the top is a list of seeds sold to Geo. Helm & Co. on 3/11/1898 and a list of credits to Geo. Helm & Co. on 11/25/1898; Signed by C. C. Bowen, secretary of D. M. Ferry & Co.; Notarized, with seal, by the notary public of Wayne County, Michigan; Dated Dec. 17, 1898
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
