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Thomas Mears
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A photographic copy of a ca. 1824 head and shoulders oil painting of Thomas Mears (1775-1832). A caption accompanying the photograph notes that Mears was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He was the grandfather of Louise Mears Fargo of Lake Mills.
1890
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Stuart Fargo at Eighteen Months
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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).
Three Sisters
1903
An informal head and shoulders portrait of Helen Farnsworth Mears (1872-1916), left, and her sisters Louise Morilla Mears Fargo (1866-1925), center, and Mary M. Mears (1870-1943). The photograph is...
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Fargo
1903
A souvenir photograph of Frank B. and Louise Morilla Mears Fargo, taken in Atlantic City. The couple is posing against a prop split rail fence in front of a backdrop which depicts a small sailboat ...
Aunt Nellie
1913
Group portrait, with Stuart, center, and Frank B. Fargo Jr. posing with their "Aunt Nellie," Helen Farnsworth Mears. The boys are wearing jackets and neckties; Mears is wearing a dark patterned blo...
Dorothy Fargo
1917
Vignetted head and shoulders studio portrait of Dorothy Fargo Curry (1894-1960). A handwritten caption read: "When Dorothy was at Northwestern University, Evanston Ill. 1917."
