Photograph
Mears Family
![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 (1830-1907), an author and poet who lived most of her life in Oshkosh and published under the pen name Nellie Wildwood. Mears, wearing a dark dress, is sitting in the back seat with two of her daughters, sculptor Helen Farnsworth Mears and author Mary Mears. Frank B. Fargo, the husband of Louise Mears Fargo, is in the front seat, right. The driver is identified as Dr. [?Francis] Stanley, of Boston. A handwritten caption accompanying the photograph explains, "Grandma Mears left in emigrant wagon 1836, returned in automobile 1906."](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700016060002/1606000022-l.jpg "Mears Family")
| 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 (1830-1907), an author and poet who lived most of her life in Oshkosh and published under the pen name Nellie Wildwood. Mears, wearing a dark dress, is sitting in the back seat with two of her daughters, sculptor Helen Farnsworth Mears and author Mary Mears. Frank B. Fargo, the husband of Louise Mears Fargo, is in the front seat, right. The driver is identified as Dr. [?Francis] Stanley, of Boston. A handwritten caption accompanying the photograph explains, "Grandma Mears left in emigrant wagon 1836, returned in automobile 1906." |
| Image ID: | 125027 |
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| Creation Date: | 1906 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Groton |
| County: | |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Collection Name: | Louise Mears Fargo family album, circa 1917 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 5039.16 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.5 x 2 inches |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Dresses |
| Hats |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Sunglasses |
| Architecture, Domestic |
| Porches |
| Family |
| Men |
| Mothers |
| Outdoor photography |
| Portraits, Group |
| Automobiles |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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