Photograph
The Stroh Family on the Islander Steam Launch
| View from shoreline towards a group of children and adults sitting in the Islander steam launch at the Island Lodge pier on Archibald Lake. The Stroh girls are in the boat on the left. Grant Stroh, in profile, is on the right. The Islander flag is flying from the prow of the boat. Three young men and a woman are standing on the pier next to the boat, and there are boats at the shoreline on the left and right. The far shoreline is in the background. |
| Image ID: | 137700 |
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| Creation Date: | 1904 |
| Creator Name: | Holt, Lucy |
| City: | Townsend |
| County: | Oconto |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Lucy Holt photo albums, 1895-1936 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M2018-012, Album 2 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.25 x 3.25 inches |
| The Stroh girls, Margaret, Harriet, Elizabeth, and Juliet, were cousins of the Holt children through their mother Juliet Rumsey Stroh. The steam launch was probably the first power boat used on Archibald Lake. Source: Holt, Constance W. & Holt Jr., Donald R.(1968). "Place Names." This unpublished manuscript is part of Holt Family Albums collection. |
| Skirts |
| Children |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Flags |
| Boats and boating |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Outdoor recreation |
| Piers |
| Lakes |
| Shorelines |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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