-Submitted photo
Fred Larson, a longtime photographer for The Messenger, stays busy in retirement serving as a one-man welcome wagon for residents of Friendship Haven.
-Submitted photo
Fred Larson, a longtime photographer for The Messenger, stays busy in retirement serving as a one-man welcome wagon for residents of Friendship Haven.
The coronavirus pandemic could hold him down for just so long. “Photo Fred” is back!
Fred Larson, who has been photographing the people and places of Fort Dodge since he bought his first camera at 9 years old (“for 10 cents and three box tops”), has resumed self-appointed duties as the “welcome wagon” for fellow residents of Friendship Haven who until Monday had been under tight social distancing rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19.