Birthplace in Spencer, New York, 1853
The family, 1863: Seated l-r, Olive, b. 1860, mother Stella, Mariette, b. 1858. Standing l-r, Anna Eliza, b. 1856, Woodbridge, Sarah, b. 1854.
Teacher and mentor, diestone also reads: Edward Austin Sheldon, 1823-1897, Educator, America's Pioneer in Educational Methods, Oswego-SUNY, Oswego, New York.
Temporary location of school, 1884, Vandersluis Block, Big Rapids.
Permanent location of school, 1885-1893, Northern Bank Block.
W. N. Ferris and Helen Gillespie Ferris, ca. 1884.
Initial faculty, ca. 1889-90, Anna Pease, W. N. and H. G. Ferris, C. A. Wessel.
Ferris house, Elm and River streets in Big Rapids, destroyed by fire in 1938.
Ferris Industrial School and Physical Culture buildings, ca. 1900.
Inauguration as Governor of Michigan, January 1, 1913, Lansing. Left to right: Ferris, Ross, Martindale, Haarer, Fuller, Fellows, Carton.
Peaceful handshake at Ohio-Michigan border; Governors and later U.S. Senators Ferris and Frank Willis, November 1915, Toledo (source: Mich. Geol. and Biol. Survey Pub. 22 Series 18 Lansing, 1916).
With second wife Mary Ethel McCloud Ferris in front of Big Rapids home Mr. Ferris never drove.
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, Ferris seated in center, Charles Lindbergh receiving Langley Medal for Aerodromics, December 8, 1927, Washington, D.C. (source: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. - negative #15866).
Ferris Mausoleum in Highland View Cemetery March 28, 1928, Big Rapids.
Carleton G. Ferris at President's Table, Ferris Institute, July 23, 1948.
Contemporary street sign, Spencer, New York, 1985.
Spencer Museum Tablet reads in part: Woodbridge Nathan Ferris, LLD, Scholar - Teacher - Statesman, Principal of Spencer Academy 1874-5, Founder of Ferris Institute 1884, Governor of Michigan 1913-1917, U.S. Senator 1922-8, RO-KI Club.
Portion of Ferris State University campus, 1994.
Centennial statue of W. N. Ferris erected September 1983, Ferris State University.
Unless otherwise cited photos are from the holdings of Ferris State University.