Photograph
Playing with a Long Log in Archibald Lake
| View across water towards a line of Holt children and others who are playing with a long log in Archibald Lake in front of the Bath House. Jeannette Holt is second from the left. Alfred Holt is third from the left. Donald Holt is fourth from the left. Eleanor Holt is seventh from the left. Don Bridgeman, possibly the handyman, is on the far right. A woman and young Jane Trowbridge are sitting on the pier. |
| Image ID: | 140013 |
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| Creation Date: | 1913 |
| 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 3 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.25 x 3 inches |
| The Bath House was built on the northern beach in 1909. "It was used by guests of the Lodge for changing clothes prior to swimming." Source: Holt, Constance W. & Holt Jr., Donald R.(1968). "Place Names." This unpublished manuscript is part of Holt Family Albums collection. According to Shan Holt, great granddaughter of Lucy Holt, in August 2018, "Might be worth noting that the family played with logs right through the 20th century. The men would fell them on the shoreline, then drag them home behind the boats, with the children clinging to the sides or branches, enjoying the ride. If a log was fully peeled, it could then be used as a toy at one beach or the other. The other story of note with this photo is that swimming time was strictly limited in Lucy and W.A.’s time. After lunch, there was quiet hour, and then, if the weather was favorable, there would be an hour of 'bathing.' Everyone 'bathed' together and returned together to the house. In later generations, beach use was more constant, more casual, and less collective. As it became less scandalous to walk around in a bathing suit, the bathhouse became superfluous, and was allowed to go to ruin." |
| Lakes |
| Swimming |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Buildings |
| Doors |
| Forests and forestry |
| Plants |
| Bathing suits |
| Islands |
| Children |
| Shorelines |
| Outdoor recreation |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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