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- D.M. Ferry and Company receipt for $196.85 for containers of assorted seeds purchased by F. Tudaree on November 22, 1882. An engraving of the Ferry Warehouse from the Calvert Lithograph Company is printed at the upper left, along with a list of company executives. The company offices are listed at 20922 Croghan Street.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- 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 June 13, 1900, "Dear Sir: We acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 6th inst with enclosure $43.52 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:
- D.M. Ferry and Company Memorandum of Shipment, dated December 11, 1917, for one box of Standard Garden Seeds sent to J.F. Suttle of Felix, Alabama shipped care of "SO R.R," presumably the Southern Railroad, Birmingham to Selma. The form states that freight charges are prepaid for the Detroit to Birmingham leg of the trip. "The best is always the cheapest--plant Ferry's," is printed at the bottom. The verso contains space for a list of additional shipped item, and has been left blank.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company confirmation receipt for $15.50 received of E. P. Locke on May 30, 1878. An engraving of the Charter Oak Lawn Mower along with the handwritten price $25.55 in a field below is on the left side of the slip. "Seedsmen; Also, manufacturers' agents for Charter Oak Lawn Mower," is printed along the bottom edge.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- D.M. Ferry and Company shipping confirmation form sent to D.E. Conrad of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania on January 13, 1894 stating that a box of garden seeds has been sent care of A.B. Ashton. The form states that freight has been paid for the Detroit to Pittsburgh leg, but local railroad charges will be the responsibility of the buyer.
- Date Issued:
- 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D.M. Ferry and Company receipt for $3.77 received of P.J. Winn and Company on August 7, 1894. An illegible signature is printed at the lower right.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Back cover from D. M. Ferry and Company catalog; color engraving of white flowers; at top is "Autumn 1907" and at the bottom "D. M. Ferry & Co. Detroit, Mich."; Calvert Lithograph Company; catalog entries for gardening tools, including several engravings, and books on verso
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- D. M. Ferry and Company Memorandum of Shipment, dated December 5, 1910, for one box of Standard Garden Seeds sent to Suttle and Jones Company of Felix, Alabama shipped care of "So Rr," presumably the Southern Railroad, Birmingham to Selma. The form states that freight charges are prepaid for the Detroit to Birmingham leg of the trip. "The best is always the cheapest,--plant Ferry's," is printed at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Envelope and letter of shipment; Envelope has return address to D. M. Ferry and Company printed in upper front left corner; addressed to E. Evans, of Beloit, Wisconsin; Postmark on front Detroit, Mich, Jan. 6, 6:30 PM, 1899 with a two cent stamp; postmark on back from Beloit, Wis., Jan 7, 11:30 AM, 1899, with D. M. Ferry & Company, Seed Merchants, Detroit, Mich. on back flap; letter inside informing E. Evans that one box of seeds has shipped, care of H. S. Clifford; instructions on how to handle freight charges included; charges from Detroit to Chicago prepaid; on D. M. Ferry and Company. letterhead with picture of D.M. Ferry and Company Seed Warehouse on upper front left and company executives listed; Dated Dec. 28, 1898
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
