In this 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" black and white photograph, "C.P. Coy Son & Co. wholesale seeds--sweet, flint & dent corn" is painted on the front of a three-story wood frame building next to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. A St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad freight car sits at the side of the building. Two smaller structures sit on the other side of the building. Printed on the photograph is: No. 11, C.P. Coy & Co seed house, Valley, Nebr.
The Coy Seed House was an important industry for Valley, Nebraska. The building built in 1903 was one of the largest seed houses in the country. Many kinds of seeds were packaged and sold around the country, including beans, corn and pumpkin. The seed packets were sold in hardware stores, grocery stores and nurseries. In later years, the building became the Midwest Popcorn Company. In 1947, it was destroyed by fire.
