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Faville Homestead

Date: 1885
Description: The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions...
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Faville Homestead

Date: 1885
Description: The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions...
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Lake Mills Public Library

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior view of the Public Library in Lake Mills.
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Lorenzo Dow Fargo Library

Date: 1910
Description: The Lorenzo Dow Fargo Library.
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Aerial View of Lake Mills

Date: 04 27 1949
Description: Aerial view of Lake Mills.
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Firemen's Parade

Date: 06 1908
Description: The Lake Mills band and fire company lead the parade during a fire company competition in their home town.
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Fire Company Competition

Date: 06 1908
Description: Members of the Lake Mills fire company pull the hose cart during a firemen's competition.
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Lake Mills Garage

Date: 05 1981
Description: Garage, Madison Street, from Merchants Alley.
Historical Object

Album Page with Pussy Willows

Date: 1899
Description: 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 t...
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Enoch Brown Fargo Residence

Date: 08 1899
Description: The Enoch B. Fargo residence shows a two-story Greek revival house with a gable wing with bay window facing the road. There is a full height ell on the lef...
Postcard

L.D. Fargo Public Library

Date: 1950
Description: The Lorenzo Dow Fargo Public Library building is partially obscured by trees in this photographic postcard. The stone, Gothic revival building has a centra...
Historical Object

Stuart and Dorothy

Date: 1899
Description: 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 ...
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Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1899
Description: An album page decorated with a hand-painted stem of wild geranium flowers features four photographs of Stuart Fargo, age two years, and his sister Dorothy,...
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Fargo Family

Date: 07 1900
Description: A decorated album page features two photographs of members of the Fargo family posing near the ornate porch of their home. In the photograph on the left, F...
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Sleeping Porch

Date: 1900
Description: A photograph bearing the caption "Sleeping Porch off Mother's [Louise (Mrs. Frank) Fargo's] Room" depicts a screened porch with turned balusters and a span...
Historical Object

Album Page with Violets

Date: 1901
Description: An album page decorated with hand-painted yellow violets features interior and exterior photographic views of the Frank B. Fargo house. At top left, a phot...
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Fargo Children

Date: 1900
Description: An album page with four mounted photographs is decorated with hand-painted pink flowers and foliage. In the photograph at top right, Louise Mears (Mrs. Fra...
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The Fargo Children

Date: 1901
Description: Five photographs are mounted on an album page which is decorated with a painting of a honeysuckle sprig. In the photograph at top left, Frank, age three, S...
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Stuart Fargo

Date: 1902
Description: Hand-painted iris flowers decorate an album page featuring four photographs of Stuart Fargo. In the top two photographs, Stuart is "nearly 5." At left, he ...
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Album Page with Cousins

Date: 1903
Description: An album page comprises five photographic prints and a watercolor painting of a shooting star (Dodecatheon) flower. The photograph at lower right was taken...

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