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Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears

Date: 1905
Description: A seated, full-length portrait in profile of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907), early Wisconsin poet and author whose work was published under the pen...
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Grandmother Mears and Fargo Children

Date: 1900
Description: Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears, seated in front of a folding screen, holding her grandson Frank Barber Fargo, age six months, on her lap. Stuart Fargo, age thr...
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Bathroom

Date: 1900
Description: A wicker rocker and bentwood side chair flank the bathtub in a bathroom of the Frank Brown Fargo house. There is a hot water heater above the tub in the co...
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Mother's Room

Date: 1900
Description: A highboy dresser, left, and its lowboy counterpart flank the large bay window in Louise Mears Fargo's bedroom. There is an electic wall sconce on either s...
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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...
Historical Object

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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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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Two Boys and Their Dog

Date: 1903
Description: Stuart Fargo, left, standing with his brother Frank behind their dog, Mark. The boys are wearing large bow ties. Behind them is a folding screen.
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The New Year

Date: 1903
Description: A six-year-old Stuart Fargo is posing for a full length portrait dressed as the "New Year" while standing in front of a folding screen. He is wearing a top...
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Stuart on Rocking Horse

Date: 1903
Description: Stuart Fargo poses while sitting on a large rocking horse in front of a folding screen. He is wearing a top hat and striped shirt.
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Stuart Fargo on His Seventh Birthday

Date: 10 08 1904
Description: Stuart Fargo posing for a three-quarter length portrait standing in front of a folding screen with his left arm resting on the back of a wicker chair. He i...
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Fargo Children

Date: 12 1905
Description: The children of Frank B. and Louise Mears Fargo posing in front of a folding screen for a quarter-length portrait. They are, from left, Frank Jr., age five...
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Boys with Their Dog

Date: 1905
Description: Stuart, left, and Frank Fargo posing with their dog, Mark, in front of a folding screen. There is a calendar on the screen behind them.
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Kitten

Date: 12 1905
Description: A kitten enjoying the sunlight while sitting on a piece of fabric on a table near a window. There is a pincushion on the table, a lace curtain in the windo...

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