Aerial of Mar-Fran Motel overlooking Fox Lake, Angola, Indiana, circa 1950s
| Description: |
Aerial view looking east at the Mar-Fran Motel and Fox Lake. To the right is a tower.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. |
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| Origin: | 1967, circa |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/7F80A0C8-B48C-4013-AEA9-497010664060 |
| 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 / Colbert Family Collection Aerial photographs Motels Lakes & ponds African Americans--History Fox Lake (Ind.) Angola (Ind.) Steuben County (Ind.) |
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