Growing Strawberries - Jim Wark's Strawberry Patch

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p123WarkStrawberryPatch.jpg 9.4MB: Recently the Allegan County Historical Society brought in some old photographs taken around 1893 by Fennville photographer Jimmy McClemens. We selected a group to be reprinted in the Fennville Herald as a series. This one is reportedly "Jim Wark's Strawberry Patch." Recognize any of the pickers?
p123WarkStrawberryPatch.jpg 9.4MB

Recently the Allegan County Historical Society brought in some old photographs taken around 1893 by Fennville photographer Jimmy McClemens. We selected a group to be reprinted in the Fennville Herald as a series. This one is reportedly "Jim Wark's Strawberry Patch." Recognize any of the pickers?

Name/Title

Growing Strawberries - Jim Wark's Strawberry Patch

Entry/Object ID

2023.50.57

Scope and Content

Two items about strawberry cultivation from the SDHC newsletter inserts. a. Scan of photo and caption from the July 6, 1972 Fennville Herald with the headline "Jim Wark's Strawberry Patch." The image shows Mr. Wark, at the far left, standing beside rows of weedy strawberry plants along with farm workers holding handled collecting boxes or baskets. In the background are two men in a wagon drawn by a pair of horses and a rustic shed or stand. b. Scan of list of strawberries planted in 1901

Collection

SDHS NL Inserts, 1870 Fruit growing, farming, agriculture

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.50

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

SDHS Newsletter insert pages 123

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wark, James Gustavus 1849-1930, Prentice, Joseph Warren 1877-1961

General Notes

Note

The newspaper clipping was copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023. The location of an original or printed version of these photos was unknown at the time of cataloging. The newspaper clipping and berry list also appeared in the SDHS newsletter supplements. Binders of original paper copies are in the SDHC reference library.

Create Date

November 11, 2023

Update Date

January 9, 2024