Photograph
Fargo Family at Lake
![A family posing in an open carriage pulled by a matched team of horses on the shore of Rock Lake near Lake Mills. A handwritten caption identifies the family members as "Grandma [Elizabeth Farnsworth] Mears in back seat with Mother [Louise Mears Fargo] holding Stuart [Fargo]. Dorothy [Fargo] in front with Father [Frank B. Fargo]. Frank Fargo holding the reins. The horse nearer to the camera is wearing a crocheted fly net on his hindquarters and a fly bonnet with tassels.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700016060001/1606000006-l.jpg "Fargo Family at Lake")
| A family posing in an open carriage pulled by a matched team of horses on the shore of Rock Lake near Lake Mills. A handwritten caption identifies the family members as "Grandma [Elizabeth Farnsworth] Mears in back seat with Mother [Louise Mears Fargo] holding Stuart [Fargo]. Dorothy [Fargo] in front with Father [Frank B. Fargo]. Frank Fargo holding the reins. The horse nearer to the camera is wearing a crocheted fly net on his hindquarters and a fly bonnet with tassels. |
| Image ID: | 124897 |
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| Creation Date: | 1889 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Lake Mills |
| County: | Jefferson |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Louise Mears Fargo family album, circa 1917 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 5039.4 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 3 inches |
| Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907) was a poet and author who lived most of her adult life in Oshkosh. She published under the pen name Nellie Wildwood. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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