Historical Object
Fargo Children at Play
| A hand-painted nasturtium bud and leaf decorate an album page with five photographs of the children of Frank and Louise Mears Fargo. At top left, Frank Jr., aged three years, and his sister Dorothy, nine, are riding tricycles on a sidewalk as Stuart, five, is pulling a wagon behind them. At top right, the children, with their grandmother Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears, are riding in a carriage pulled by the horse Dan. There is a cottage or shed in the background. At bottom left, Stuart and Dorothy, standing on either side of Frank, are holding kittens. Dorothy and Frank are sitting on swings in the bottom center photograph; Stuart is standing behind Frank. A carriage house is in the background. At bottom right, Stuart is posing in profile holding a toy rifle in his right hand; a sword is hanging on his left side. He is wearing a military-style helmet. |
| Image ID: | 125552 |
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| Creation Date: | 1903 |
| Creator Name: | Fargo, Louise Mears |
| City: | Lake Mills |
| County: | Jefferson |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Louise Mears Fargo family album, circa 1917 |
| Genre: | Historical Object |
| Original Format Type: | object |
| Original Format Number: | PH 5039.27 |
| Original Dimensions: | 13 x 10.5 inches |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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