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Now Look Enthusiastic

Date: 1898
Description: W.A. Holt is showing off the perch he caught. Names from left to right are: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey, I.P. Rumsey, W.A. Holt and Bertha {unknown}. Capt...
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Holt and Stroh Children Sharing a Meal

Date: 1904
Description: Holt and Stroh children are eating a meal together at a table on the porch at Island Lodge. Names on the right side of the table from front to back: Alfred...
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The Wheeler Family Setting Off from the Ark Dock

Date: 09 1908
Description: View from the Island shoreline towards Anna Holt Wheeler and husband Arthur Dana Wheeler, with children Gordon and Lillian, all sitting in a rowboat at the...
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Young David Rumsey Sitting on a Log with his Parents

Date: 1913
Description: Young David Rumsey is sitting on a log between his father and mother on a sunny day. Parents Wallace and Edna Rumsey are looking at the camera. There is a ...
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W.A. Holt and his Children by the Flag Pole on the Island

Date: 1913
Description: W.A. Holt and his children are standing by the flag pole, with the American flag flying. Names from left to right: Alfred Holt, W.A. Holt, Donald Holt, Jea...
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Minnie May Rumsey Holding Baby Jeannette Holt

Date: 07 25 1896
Description: Minnie May Rumsey is smiling and holding her niece Jeannette Holt. The baby is looking at the camera. An architectural column and foliage are in the backgr...
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Cousins Jeannette Holt and Harriet Stroh in front of Lacquer Screen

Date: 1897
Description: Cousins Harriet Stroh (L) and Jeannette Holt (R) are standing outside on a carpet in front of a lacquer screen decorated with flying birds. On the right is...
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Jeannette, Harriet, and Margaret Playing Together

Date: 1897
Description: Cousins Jeannette Holt (left), Harriet Stroh (center), and Margaret (right) Stroh are playing in the backyard of the Holt home. W.A. Holt is crouching down...
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In the Holt Family Backyard

Date: 1897
Description: Cousins Jeannette Holt (left) and either Harriet or Margaret Stroh (right) are playing in the backyard under the supervision of grandmother Mary Mathilda A...
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Studio Portrait of Alfred and Jeannette Holt

Date: 07 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alfred (left) and Jeannette (right) Holt having a tea party. Both children are wearing dresses. A miniatu...
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Sitting under the Canopy in Oconto

Date: 1899
Description: Shaded by a striped canopy, three women are sitting together and smiling in the Holt family backyard. Wearing aprons, the woman on the left and the woman w...
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Aunt May and Jeannette Holt in the Backyard

Date: 05 08 1899
Description: Looking at the camera, Jeannette Holt is standing next to her aunt May in the backyard of the Holt family home. Minnie May Rumsey is sitting on the hammock...
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Fun on the Beach with Uncle Wallace

Date: 1900
Description: Smiling Uncle Wallace Rumsey is pushing a wooden wheelbarrow with Jeannette and Alfred Holt inside. They are on the dirt path leading to the swimming beach...
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I.P. Rumsey Holding Baby Granddaughter Eleanor Holt

Date: 11 1900
Description: Sitting in a wicker rocking chair at the Holt family home, Grandfather I.P. Rumsey is holding baby granddaughter Eleanor Holt who is swaddled in a blanket....
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Alfred Holt is Growing Up

Date: 07 1902
Description: A portrait in the backyard of the Holt family home of Alfred Holt on the day he got his curls cut. Sitting on the rocking horse, Alfred is wearing a leathe...
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Jeannette Holt Raising American Flag

Date: 1902
Description: The American flag, twisted around the wooden pole on the Island, is the focal point this picture. Lucy and W.A. Holt with their children are standing to th...
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Helping Father Haul Brush

Date: 08 1904
Description: The four Holt children are helping their father haul brush. Names from left to right: W.A. Holt, Donald Holt, Eleanor Holt, Jeannette Holt, and Alfred Holt...
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A Shooting Lesson

Date: 08 1905
Description: Grandfather I.P. Rumsey is teaching grandson Alfred Holt how to shoot a gun on the shore of Archibald Lake. Jeannette Holt and the Stroh girls are watching...
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Seeing Niagara Wisconsin

Date: 1892
Description: Standing with the Menominee River in the background, Mary Mathilda Axtell Rumsey and her family posing for a picture. Names from left to right: Mary Mathil...
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Baby Jeannette Holt with Extended Family

Date: 1896
Description: A group of Holt and Rumsey family members (3 generations) and others are gathered on the porch of The Evergreens, the Rumsey estate, to see baby Jeannette ...

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