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Photography & Ephemera

Sat, Nov 20, 2021 12:00PM EST
Lot 261

[FARGO FAMILY]. Archive of items related to the Fargo famil...

Estimate: $400 - $600

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[FARGO FAMILY]. Archive of items related to the Fargo family. 19th/20th century. Including: Signed guest and autograph books, family photographs and cabinet cards, a typescript entitled From Here to There: A History of the American Express by James F. Fargo as told to Frank Parker Stockbridge, personal histories of the Fargo family, a change purse stamped ?R.H. Thomas? with a woman?s lock of hair inside, Tiffany engraving plates for Joseph and Clara Fargo Thomas, and a framed single sheet folded letter (framed, 10 ? x 17?) from S. Kingston of Pittsburgh to Giles Lindley of St. Louis, great-grandfather of Clara Fargo Thomas, consenting to his daughter?s decision to wed, along with a copy of Portal to Paradise by Cecil Roberts, signed and inscribed to Clara Fargo Thomas. Provenance: From the estate of Clara Fargo Thomas.