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On the Roof
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Four children, dressed for cold weather, posing while sitting on the ridge of a roof. They are, from left: Frank Fargo, Florence Anderson, Dorothy Fargo and Stuart Fargo. The Fargo family dog, Mark, is sitting in front of the children. There is a house in the background on the left.
February 22, 1908
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Stuart with Rabbit
1910
Thirteen-year-old Stuart Fargo posing on the front porch of his home holding a wild bunny. He is sitting on a bent willow chair; two other chairs are in the background.
Grandmother Mears and Fargo Children
1900
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 three years, is smiling at the camera. He is ...
The Fargo Children at Play
1908
Five photographs mounted on an album page showing the Fargo children at play. At top left, in a posed studio portrait, Dorothy Fargo, sitting at left, "teaches" six children, including her brother ...
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...
Frank B. Fargo Family
1906
An album page features a collection of family photographs which include head and shoulders studio portraits of Frank B. Fargo and his wife Louise Mears Fargo at bottom left and right, respectively....
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...
