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
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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