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Stuart Fargo at Eighteen Months
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A decorated album page featuring a full-length studio portrait of Stuart Fargo, wearing a long gown and sitting on a settee with a bolster pillow at the left. The photograph has been trimmed to a circle. There are hand-painted twigs of apple blossoms and a pencil sketch of a dragonfly adorning the page. A small glassine envelope holding a lock blonde hair and tied with a satin ribbon has been glued to the page.
1899
Fargo, Louise Mears
Publication Information
| Creator | Fargo, Louise Mears |
|---|---|
| Date Created | 1899 |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 34 x 27 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Louise Mears Fargo family album, circa 1917 |
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| Call Number | PH 5039.7 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Stuart Fargo at Eighteen Months
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Stuart and Dorothy
1899
Hand-painted poppies adorn an album page which features a photograph of Stuart, left, and Dorothy Fargo. In the photograph, Stuart is naked and has placed his hand on the forehead of his older sist...
Stuart Mears Fargo
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Album Page with Pussy Willows
1899
Two photographs featuring Louise Mears (Mrs. Frank B.) Fargo holding her son Stuart are mounted on an album page decorated with hand-painted pussy willow twigs. In the upper photograph, Louise is w...
Watercolor Painting on Album Page
1897
A watercolor painting of an autumn rural scene decorates an album page created by Louise Mears Fargo (1866-1925) to commemorate the birth and early months of her son, Stuart Mears Fargo (1897-1962)...
Poem and Watercolor Paintings on Album Page
1900
An original poem and watercolor paintings of colored maple leaves, all by Louise Mears Fargo, decorate an album page with a photograph of her three children. The children are, from left, Stuart (18...
