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Bird's-Eye View of Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., Wis.

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye map of Lake Mills.
Photograph

Main Street in Lake Mills

Date: 1879
Description: View of main street in Lake Mills. On the left of the image are the Fargo and Ostrander store, Farmer's Cash Store and Drugs, and A.J. Foster Harness Shop....
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Lake Mills Public Library

Date: 1949
Description: The Public Library in Lake Mills.
Photograph

Lake Mills Public Library

Date: 1949
Description: The Public Library in Lake Mills.
Photograph

Lake Mills Public Library

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior view of the Public Library in Lake Mills.
Postcard

Lorenzo Dow Fargo Library

Date: 1910
Description: The Lorenzo Dow Fargo Library. Caption reads: "L. D. Fargo Library, Lake Mills, Wis."
Photograph

Lorenzo Dow Fargo Library

Date: 1910
Description: The Lorenzo Dow Fargo Library.
Photograph

Methodist Church

Date: 1925
Description: Lake Mills Methodist Church.
Postcard

Moravian Church

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the Moravian Church. Caption reads: "Moravian Church, Lake Mills, Wis."
Photograph

Aerial View of Lake Mills

Date: 04 27 1949
Description: Aerial view of Lake Mills.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Caught in Rock Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of two largemouth bass hanging from the side of a building, with curious on-lookers observing the scene. The building is a dry goods store own...
Photograph

Fargo Public Library

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Fargo Public Library in Lake Mills. Reverse of cardboard backing reads: "1902, $8000 - Cost, G.B. Ferry, Milwaukee, arch." The library...
Photograph

Fargo Public Library

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Fargo Public Library in Lake Mills. Visible above the main entrance are the words: "Public Library." Reverse of cardboard backing read...
Photograph

Stuart in the Tub

Date: 03 1899
Description: Sunlight through a window highlights the head and shoulders of Stuart Fargo, age 18 months, in a sitz bathtub in the bathroom of the family home. There is ...
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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Fargo Library

Date: 1900
Description: A cyanotype print of the Lorenzo Dow Fargo Library under construction. Workmen are positioning roof trusses for the Gothic revival building. The stonework...
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

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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