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- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son, with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company; front and back cover have a picture of a girl who is reaching for a butterfly while using her blue dress as a makeshift basket for an assortment of picked flowers, against a floral background; "Seed Annual 1922," and "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." are printed on both covers; inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white illustrations and photographs, including four full page color illustrations; order form still attached with some writing on it
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 1897 D.M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company, containing images and descriptions of both plants available as seeds through the company as well as farming tools. A colorful bouquet of flowers against a white background is on the front cover. The back bares an image of the D.M. Ferry Seed Warehouses and Box Factory facing each other across Brush Street.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; front cover has a picture of a little girl in a white/pink dress with red ribbons and a yellow hat picking flowers; "1881 Seed Annual," across top with "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." along bottom; back cover has a picture of a boy in a white shirt and brown pants digging up carrots, with a wheel barrow next to him filled with vegetables and a fence in the background; inside are descriptions of various plants and flowers along with prices; black and white pictures with three color pages included credited to the Calvert Lithograph Company; order form still attached
- Date Issued:
- 1881-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 six colorful flowers, with "Seed Annual 1913" at top and D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen - Detroit, Mich. at bottom; back cover has pink, blue/pink, purple/pink, and white/blue/black flowers with D. M. Ferry & Co. Seedsmen, Detroit - Mich. and "Seed Annual - 1913" at bottom; inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white pictures and photographs, with two full page color pictures near the front, one color page near middle, and one color page near back; order form missing
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son, with illustrations from the Calvert Lithograph Company; front and back covers are identical with a illustrations of an ear of corn, with the caption "Charlevoix, The best golden sweet corn yet introduced;" inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white illustrations and photographs, with two full page color pictures near the front, one color picture in the middle and one color picture near the back; order form still attached
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 1893 D. M. Ferry and Company catalog printed by John Bornman and Sons, with illustrations from the Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has a picture of small pink flowers along left and top side from a vase at the bottom left, with a second smaller, round vase next to it; background is blue at the tope and bottom, with tan bordered by yellow in the middle; "Seed Annual 1893" in middle, with D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich. along bottom; back cover has same background, with green lima beans hanging from vines and the caption "Horticulutral Lima Bean, Actual Size"; D. M. Ferry & Co. Seed Merchants, Detroit, Mich. at bottom; descriptions and prices of seeds and farming tools inside with black and white pictures and drawings throughout and two color pages near beginning; order form attached with envelope
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 1890 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 picture of small pink and white flowers on a black background in upper left corner, red wavy lines along the bottom, a white background and a tan background with "1890 Seed Annual" in the middle; "D. M. Ferry & Co." appears in a black circle near bottom left corner with "Detroit, Mich." to the right of it; back cover has a picture titled "New Sweet Pea" and "Miss Blanche Ferry" with and pink flowers, with prices to the left of the flowers and "Introduced in 1889 by D. M. Ferry & Co." to the right; D. M. Ferry & Co. Seed Merchants. Detroit, Mich. along bottom; inside list seeds and prices with black and white pictures; one color picture in beginning; order form attached with envelope inside
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 Calvert Lithograph Company; front and back cover have an illustration of tomatoes, a cucumber, peas all on the vine against a black background; "Seed Annual 1921, D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." is printed on both; inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white illustrations and photographs, with two full page color illustrations near the front and another in the middle; order form still attached with envelope
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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, printed by O.S. Gulley's Steam Presses with illustrations from the Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has black and white pictures of various flowers and vegetables; "D. M. Ferry & Co's. Seed Annual 1876" in a circle in middle; back cover has banner with "D. M. Ferry & Co. Seed Merchants Detroit, Mich." in the foreground and "Importers" and "Growers" in the background, surrounded by scrollwork; inside are descriptions of various plants and flowers along with prices; black and white pictures with two color pages included; order form still attached
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting stacks of corn stalks in a corn field. "#257 Corn-field & clouds, Boulevard & 12th St., Sept. 17, 1901" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
- Description:
- Full packet of D.M. Ferry and Company Mammoth White Bush Scallop Squash. A color illustration of the squash by the Calvert Lithograph Company is on the recto. A description, instructions, and a stamp which reads, "1915," are on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 1883 D. M. Ferry and Company catalog printed by the Gulley Printing House with illustrations by the Calvert Lithograph Company, containing information and illustrations of the company's fields and other facilities, as well as descriptions and illustrations of the fruits, vegetables, flowers, and farming tools available through the company. A girl waters flowers through a window on the front cover, and a small boy and girl share a large slice of watermelon in a field, surrounded by a border of vegetables on the back.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company catalog, printed by John Bornman and Son with illustrations from Calvert Lithograph Company; front cover has an illustration picture of red, pink, white and yellow snapdragons with the caption "Snapdragon Fine Mixed"; back cover has red, orange, pink white and yellow flowers; "Seed Annual 1916, D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich." is printed on both the front and back cover; inside are lists of seeds and prices with black and white pictures and photographs, with three full page color illustrations near the front; order form missing, though order envelope is present
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 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 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:
- Theodore Roosevelt, presidential candidate for The Progressive Party, nicknamed The Bull Moose Party, delivers a campaign speech titled, "The Farmer and the Businessman." Roosevelt cautions against unreasonable conservatism as well as unreasonable radicalism. He concludes with, "The watchword for us all is spend and be spent."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- John Staatz, Michigan State University professor emeritus of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, talks about his career at MSU and his focus on agricultural development in Africa. Staatz talks about why he selected Africa as his area of concentration, his education, and how he came to MSU. He also talks about his research projects in Mali and other West African countries, his focus on food security, and the continuing problem of land ownership impacting agriculture and urbanization in Africa.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Novelist, poet, and mixed media artist Janet Kauffman, Professor of English at Eastern Michigan University, talks about her farming experience and writing about farms, especially the discrepancy between the romantic ideal of family farms and the reality of modern, industrial farms in rural Michigan. Kauffman talks about her book "Trespassing: Dirt Stories and Field Notes," and reads from "The Fantasy of the Clip Art Farm." Arthur Versluis, Michigan State University Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, reflects on his farming experience in Ionia County. He defends the operations of some factory farms, even though he doesn't endorse many of their methods and suggests that owners and operators can be responsive to neighbors. Wynne Wright from both the MSU Department of Sociology and the MSU Department of Community Sustainability describes her farming experiences then comments on the relationship between agriculture and gender and the relationship between community and the form agriculture eventually takes. Craig Harris from the MSU Department of Sociology, suggests Kauffman's book functions as autobiography, history, empirical description, and as an analytical study of rural agricultural development. He also says, however, that the book is lacking in each area and that "highly generalized claims" actually undercut possible support for the author's positions. Kauffman reacts by saying that she thinks of the book as a "nightmare rant" rather than an academic work. She also says that she tried to make comprehensible the immediacy of the damage being done by farming rather than write a sociological study of farming. The panel answers questions from the audience. The session is convened by MSU Professor of English Ned Watts. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor Jonathan Walton, Associate Director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at MSU, talks about national energy priorities, the mission of the GLBRC, its research priorities, and efforts to move beyond corn based ethanol production. Walton also talks about biofuels, land use, farming and food production, and petroleum and coal usage. Includes a question and answer session. Introduction by MSU Librarian Kriss Ostrom. Part of the MSU Libraries' Environmental Series hosted by the Library Environmental Committee.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Eisenhower talks about Secretary of Agriculture Benson and the farm problem.
- Date Issued:
- 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Reporter H.M. Miellis covers the arrival of 32 Dutch farmers in Hoboken, New Jersey who are to spend six months on American farms with host families studying American farming methods. Acting Consul General for the Netherlands Taksera Van Matta delivers a speech about the generosity of America and the knowledge the Dutch farmers will receive from their time in the country. Miellis also interviews two of the Dutch farmers who are going to Michigan, discussing what they grow in the Netherlands and what they hope to learn from American farmers.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-04-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michelle Napier-Dunnings, Executive Director of Michigan Food & Farming Systems (MIFFS), delivers a talk entitled "Supporting the Many Faces of Farming." Napier-Dunnings talks about the many different types of farms and farmers in Michigan and the goal of MIFFS to connect small farmers with resource opportunities in order to develop profitable and environmentally sustainable livelihoods. She describes a variety of the business activities MIFFS supports in rural, suburban, and urban communities, and the difficulty of growing food in diverse environments. Napier-Dunnings answers questions as she presents. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Environmental Series, held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-03-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Essayist Arthur Versluis, professor of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University, talks about the origin and themes of his book "Island farm", compares farming during the Civil War era and current days, and answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of MSU Libraries' Special Collections. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-01-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
- Date Created:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Truman discusses agricultural problems at a reunion of his former army unit, the 35th Division, U.S. Army.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-06-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Country Gentleman is an agricultural magazine. These issues contain advertisements related to local industry. Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Date Created:
- [1932 TO 1948]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Greenhouse interior, full of plants. A stamp "Edmonds Collection" is on the reverse.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Area Stereo Views
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The Furrow is a publication of John Deere. Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Date Created:
- [1917 TO 1956]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Description:
- Wide view of buildings on Michigan Agricultural College grounds. A stamp "Edmonds Collection" is on the reverse.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Area Stereo Views
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
- Description:
- An unidentified man in a greenhouse with shelves full of plants. A stamp "Edmonds Collection" is on the reverse.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Area Stereo Views
- Date Issued:
- 1985-02-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Created:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
- Date Created:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Holcad is a publication of Michigan State University. Container lists are updated as we add new titles and issues to the collection.
- Date Created:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Newspapers and Periodicals Collection
- Date Created:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Workers with what appear to be mules and horses standing outside of buildings at Oakview. 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-8) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- 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:
- c.1900 Jim Ingram Photos
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Orion Township Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Orion Township Public Library
- Description:
- Interior of a greenhouse depicting three men working with seed trays.
- 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:
- Possibly a group of farm hands posing for a photograph.
- 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:
- This was a list kept of ear markings on farm animals. The original data was transcribed by Sally Cieslik in 1987.
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- [1835 TO 1867]
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
- Description:
- Group photograph of volunteers at a barn raising at the Ed Barns Farm. The farm was located on the south side of Silverbell Road just east of Brewster Road.
- 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