Demonstration Farm at Medford

Collection: This image is from the A. Noble Chapman Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, polyester negative, prints, and digital image.; Image is part of the A. Noble Chapman Photographs

Date: July 20, 1907; 1907-07-20 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 5 x 7 inches (glass plate negative); 4 x 5 (polyester negative); 4 x 5 (print); 8 x 10 (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: A. Noble Chapman Identifier: aql:11011 anc-000149 anc-000149.tif

Description: Also known as the Medford Prosperity Farm, the Long Island Rail Road opened this second experimental farm east of the Medford station from 1907-1927, after the success of their Long Island Rail Road Demonstration Farm on the Wading River branch. The farms were designed to drive growth in the area by demonstrating the fertility of the land.; handwritten on reverse of glass plate: L.I.R.R. EXPERIMENTAL STATION MEDFORD L.I.

Title : Demonstration Farm at Medford

Collection : aql:10776; vital:1

Creator : A. Noble Chapman

Date : July 20, 1907; 1907-07-20

Summary/Description : Also known as the Medford Prosperity Farm, the Long Island Rail Road opened this second experimental farm east of the Medford station from 1907-1927, after the success of their Long Island Rail Road Demonstration Farm on the Wading River branch. The farms were designed to drive growth in the area by demonstrating the fertility of the land.; handwritten on reverse of glass plate: L.I.R.R. EXPERIMENTAL STATION MEDFORD L.I.

Subject : Long Island Rail Road; Agricultural experiment stations

Relation : This image is from the A. Noble Chapman Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, polyester negative, prints, and digital image.; Image is part of the A. Noble Chapman Photographs

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Intersection of Horseblock Road and Long Island Avenue, Medford, NY Medford (N.Y.) Suffolk County (N.Y.)

Type : glass plate negative; black and white negative; black and white prints; digital image

Format : unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints; 5 x 7 inches (glass plate negative); 4 x 5 (polyester negative); 4 x 5 (print); 8 x 10 (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:11011 anc-000149 anc-000149.tif