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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: The four finalists, one of whom will represent Madison in the district division of the Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest sponsored by the Wisconsin Federa...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest Winners

Date: 03 27 1957
Description: Group portrait of five Madison public school students, winners of the 1957 Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest. Left to right: Dave Olson, East High; Allen ...
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Three Sisters

Date: 1903
Description: An informal head and shoulders portrait of Helen Farnsworth Mears (1872-1916), left, and her sisters Louise Morilla Mears Fargo (1866-1925), center, and Ma...
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Winners of Annual Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 26 1954
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the annual Madison Woman's club Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest. Pictured left to right: Margaret N. Evans, 2317 Sommer...
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Aunt Nellie

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait, with Stuart, center, and Frank B. Fargo Jr. posing with their "Aunt Nellie," Helen Farnsworth Mears. The boys are wearing jackets and neckt...
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Aunt Nellie

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait of Helen Farnsworth Mears posing with her nephews Stuart Fargo, center, and Frank Fargo Jr. They are reading a book together. Mears is weari...
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Winners of 1958 Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Awards

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: 8th-Grade winners of the 1958 Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest. The contest started in 1927 to honor the memory of the Oshkosh-born sculptor to encourag...
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Woman's Club of Madison Art Awards

Date: 03 28 1956
Description: Portrait of the Helen Farnsworth Mears art awards winners, sponsored by the Woman's Club of Madison. Clockwise from the left are: Mary Paulsen, Ralph Holde...
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Mears Family

Date: 1906
Description: Five people posing in an automobile parked in front of a large frame house. The house is identified as the birthplace of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1...

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