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Stuart's Valentine
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A commercially printed Valentine's Day card and two photographs are mounted on an album page decorated with hand-painted daisies. The card, labeled "The First Valentine, Feb. 14, 1901," features a cherub, goose and humorous verse. It is marked "Ernest Nister, London, Printed in Bavaria." In both photographs, Stuart Fargo, age three years, is sitting on a tricycle. He is wearing a dress and long dark stockings.
1901
Fargo, Louise Mears
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W0141FJ
WHi 125337
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Stuart Mears Fargo
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An album page featuring five circular portraits of Stuart Fargo. At center is a head and (bare) shoulders portrait of him at age eight months. At the four corners are portraits of Stuart at age sev...
Stuart Fargo at Eighteen Months
September 4, 1899
A head and shoulders photographic portrait of Stuart Fargo is mounted to a hand-painted album page. The watercolor painting is of four stems of blue cornflower (bachelor's buttons).
Louise Mears Fargo and Her Children
August 1901
A photograph of Louise Mears Fargo and her children is mounted on an album page decorated with a hand-painted wild rose. In the photograph, Louise, wearing a large plumed hat, is sitting outdoors h...
Poem and Watercolor Paintings on Album Page
1900
An original poem and watercolor paintings of colored maple leaves, all by Louise Mears Fargo, decorate an album page with a photograph of her three children. The children are, from left, Stuart (18...
Watercolor Painting on Album Page
1897
A watercolor painting of an autumn rural scene decorates an album page created by Louise Mears Fargo (1866-1925) to commemorate the birth and early months of her son, Stuart Mears Fargo (1897-1962)...
Stuart and Dorothy
1899
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 his hand on the forehead of his older sist...
