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Polly Harrison
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A photographic copy of a head and shoulders oil painting of Polly Harrison. She is wearing a bonnet with lace trim and a ribbon tied under her chin. Her dress also has lace trim at the collar. A caption accompanying the photograph identifies her as the wife of Thomas Mears and notes that she died at age 70 at Fort Covington, New York. She was the grandmother of Louise Mears Fargo of Lake Mills.
1890
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Thomas Mears
1890
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 ...
Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears
1860
A photographic copy of an early, full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907) standing in front of a painted backdrop with column behind her. She is wearing a dark floor le...
Stuart Mears Fargo
March 8, 1898
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...
Louise Mears Fargo and Her Children
1914
Louise Mears Fargo (1866-1925) posing for a profile, three-quarter length standing portrait beside the front porch of the family home on Mulberry Street. She is wearing a striped dress with long ja...
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).
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...
