Collection Item - Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Farm news

Archive

Scope and ContentScans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about noteworthy events that happened at local farms or items of interest to farmers.

cr1871091602LakeshoreAgriculturalFair.jpg; Lake Shore Agricultural Society Fair wins for D.W. Wiley, James Norton Dole's seedling, E.L. HOuse

cr1871092302JSOwens.jpg; J.S. Owen Agricultural and Pomological Society fair

cr1880052101EdLownHen.jpg; Ed Lown's chicken egg

cr1880070201AldenMorrisonStrawberries.jpg; Alden Morrison strawberries

cr1882021701ODRobinsonChickenStory.jpg; Capt. O.D. Robinson chicken story

cr1891101601HenrySticknetTradeLaketownLandforGR.jpg; Henry Stickney farm

cr1892031101PearsonCutsLargePine.jpg; F.M. Pearson

cr1892060301GWPierceHensLays146Eggs.jpg; George Washington Pierce of Fishtown hen laid 146 eggs

cr1896091801GiantPumpkin.jpg; Capt. R. Ames big pumpkin

cr1898020401CowDiesFromEatingNails; A. Mead's cow

cr1899102001GrandhavenSkunkFarmProposed.jpg; Spring Lake skunk farm

cr1879062701PeterSargentFarm.jpg; sheep and straw beneficial to peach trees

Commerical Record June 17 1887 page 1; Fruit Shipper's Guide - A.B. Taylor, D.L. Barber, D.C. Putnam, Frank Kirby, T.W. Leland, D. Updyke, J.G. Lamoreux, H.A. McDonald,

cr1891010201HFMarsh-SugarBeetSyrup.jpg; H.F. March growing sugar beets

cr1897021901ByronMarkumFarmTally.jpg; The heaping harvest of Byron Markham

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.35

Collection

Newspapers1870 Fruit growing, farming, agriculture

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.01

Source or Donor

Yoder, Chris

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Notes

These Commercial Record newspaper clippings — scanned by Chris Yoder in the 2000s — had been available on the pre-2023 SDHC website. The content has been moved to this online catalog for safekeeping. Publication dates are indicated in the year/month/day/page file name. For example "cr1938102801Description.jpg" = Commercial Record, 1938, October, 28th, page 01

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ames, Richard H. Sr. Capt. 1837-1910House, Harvey Lathrop 1825-1897Lown, Edward 1850-1942Robinson, Oscar David Capt. 1832-1901Pear, Dr. John Henry 1864-1926Sargent, Peter 1826-1885Taylor, Alfred Blake Sr. 1846-1920Putnam, Dyer Conger Sr. 1843-1894Barber, Daniel L. 1840-1909Kirby, Frank 1861-1896Leland, Thornton W. 1850-1930

Create Date

04/24/2024

Update Date

06/22/2024