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D. M. Ferry & Company Headquarters and Warehouse, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1880

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Artifact Overview

Before the automobile, Detroit had a diversified industrial economy that included one of the world's leading seed production companies. In 1879, Dexter Mason Ferry (1833-1907) founded D. M. Ferry & Company. D. M. Ferry produced high quality flower and vegetable garden seeds on the company's 850 acre seed farm north of Detroit and germinated them at one of five warehouses in Detroit.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1880

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.189.8997

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

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D. M. Ferry & Company Headquarters and Warehouse, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1880