Ferndale Farm (Potomac Landing), Prince George's County, Maryland
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor)
label: Collection Creator
content: Quinn, Terry (photographer)
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content: Robinson and Via Family Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1861-1975, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0475, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Ferndale Farm, earlier known as Potomac Landing, was the Robinson farm located on Dyson Road in Prince George's County.  It was known as the Ferndale Farm after circa 1896.  This series includes farm account books ranging from 1872 to 1939, a threshing account book 1930-1931, farm papers including land rental agreements, products sold, seed, feed, machinery purchase and repair, and most other farm related expenses and income 1861-1966, most often these are designated by subject or crop.  There is also farm related ephemera and publications, an aerial photograph of the John Deere Farm (a Robinson rental property owned by Katherine Deere Butterworth (1866-1953), granddaughter of the founder of the John Deere and Company, farm implement manufacturers), land plats and an aerial photograph pre-1958 of Ferndale Farm.  There are motion pictures and photographs of this farm in series 6 and 7 respectively.  Publications are filed chronologically.