Box 24 Basket Factory/Fruit Growing uncataloged items inventory
Archive
Loose page with five black and white Photos of workers.
A black and white Photo of a group posing in a field. Many of them have slips of paper pinned to their shirts.
A black and white Photo of six men in hats standing in a field.
An envelope with a Waiver and a Certificate for ten shares of Stock in the Fruit Grower’s State Bank issued to Edward Wark.
A large black and white group Photo of men. One in the bottom left corner is holding a sign that says “Ball Game!”
A large black and white Photo of a group. The caption on the back identifies them as workers at the Douglas Basket Factory and lists their names.
A black and white Photo of three wagons carrying baskets. The caption on the back reads “113 Dozen Bushels on each load”.
A black and white Photo of a group posing with baskets of apples. The caption on the back reads “Wark Farm Fruit Harvest”.
Large black and white Photo of the workers at Michigan Fruit Canners Inc. in Fennville.
A black and white Photo of a man posing with three horses. The caption identifies him as Ed Wark.
A black and white Photo of a man standing on a cart drawn by two horses. The caption reads “Eugene and team. The one on the right was the one that died”.
A Postcard with the image of three men standing outside R.A. Smith Groceries.
A small black and white Photo of three horses pulling a corn harvester.
A Scan of a newspaper article from 1968 concerning the arrival of peaches in Michigan.
2 Newspaper articles about the SDHS exhibit about the Basket Factory and the Douglas peach industry.
Black and white Photo of baskets and other tools.
An envelope with a Newspaper clipping about Jim Wark’s Strawberry Patch.
A Scan of a newspaper article which includes a photo of a Basket Factory delivery.
A clip from a Newspaper about the fire that destroyed the Basket Factory. There is also a scan of this item.
An informational Booklet for the fruit growers of Saugatuck and Ganges.
A black and white Photo of a warehouse full of fruit baskets. The caption on the back reads “Vic Egelkraut Jr. 2662 63rd St. Fennville, MI 49408”.
A Document with information about the Fennville Fruit Exchange.
A Scan of a hand-drawn map showing various fields and their yields.
A Booklet entitled “More Money from Chickens”.
A Print of an advertisement for E.E. Weed & Co. Machine-Stapled baskets.
024 Basket Factory, Fruit Exchange, Fruit Growing
11/06/2021
07/09/2023