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Mar-Fran Motel at Fox Lake, Angola, Indiana, circa 1980s

Description: Snapshot from Fox Lake of the east facade of the Mar-Fran Motel.Mary Frances Fleming and her husband Harry Marcus Fleming of Indianapolis and Mabel Van Cleave of Franklin operated the Mar-Fran Motel and restaurant for decades as one of the few businesses in the county where Blacks could stay and dine. The original two-story, forty-room motel was destroyed by fire on November 28, 1966 and rebuilt. M. Fleming auctioned the motel and contents in May 1993.
Origin: 1980s, circa
Source: http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/396B5A0E-1CB1-4740-B9EC-208003474789
Collection: Indiana Album
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Geography: 1045 SW Fox Lake Road, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, United States
Subjects: Fox Lake Resort, Angola / Jackson Family Collection
Motels
Lakes & ponds
African Americans--History
Fox Lake (Ind.)
Angola (Ind.)
Steuben County (Ind.)

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