The Fair on Main Street - a dry-goods business owned by Jewish businessman Jacob Ferber, father of Pulitzer-prize-winning author Edna Ferber. Edna Ferber lived in Ottumwa from 1890 (when she was 5) until 1897, when the family moved to Appleton, Wisconsin. For more information on the Michael Lemberger Collection visit https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/3157
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The Fair on Main Street - a dry-goods business owned by Jewish businessman Jacob Ferber, father of Pulitzer-prize-winning author Edna Ferber. Edna Ferber lived in Ottumwa from 1890 (when she was 5) until 1897, when the family moved to Appleton, Wisconsin. For more information on the Michael Lemberger Collection visit https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/3157