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Fourth of July Fireworks

Date: 07 04 1912
Description: Alfred Holt is setting off some firecrackers while his sisters and several cousins are watching. Names from left to right: Elizabeth Doud Rumsey, Marion Ed...
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Jeannette Holt and Spot on Exhibition

Date: 1912
Description: Jeannette Holt is holding on Spot up on its hind legs in front of Island Lodge. People are standing on the porch and watching.
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Good Friends in the Woods

Date: 08 14 1912
Description: Jeannette Holt and two close friends are lying down on their backs on a tarp next to each other in the woods. Younger sister Eleanor Holt is also lying dow...
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Grandfather Rumsey on Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Civil War veteran Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the father of the photographer, is sitting on a horse in front of his home. A large American flag, hanging...
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Two Generations of Rumsey Women

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Two generations of women sitting together and socializing under a big tree. Two women are holding hand fans. The theme of this image seems to be sisterhood...
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The Electric

Date: 07 24 1913
Description: The entire Holt family, except photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt, is squeezing into the car. Lucy Rumsey Holt was the principal driver of this electric car. Na...
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Trowbridge and Holt Children

Date: 07 11 1913
Description: After berry picking, the group of Trowbridges and Holts display their tin cups filled with local fruits. Names from left to right: Calvin Trowbridge, Elean...
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Holt and Stroh Cousins

Date: 08 22 1913
Description: An informal group portrait of some of the Holt and Stroh cousins, along with Uncle Wallace Rumsey. Jeannette Holt and Wallace Rumsey are holding metal milk...
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Stepping into the Horse-Drawn Carriage

Date: 1913
Description: Jeannette Holt is smiling and stepping into the horse-drawn carriage with a top. Her father W.A. Holt is holding the horses' reins. There are hills in the ...
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Toboggan Slide in Backyard

Date: 02 06 1914
Description: A group of children and adults is on the wooden toboggan slide in the backyard of the Lucy and W.A. Holt home. One person on the top platform is holding a ...
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Looking Down the Toboggan Slide

Date: 02 06 1914
Description: View of the backyard toboggan slide from the second floor of the Lucy and W.A. Holt home. Several people are in the snow at the bottom of the wooden slide.
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Lake Geneva Hotel

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view of the Lake Geneva Hotel, a two-story, low horizontal building. A man is standing next to the car parked in front of the hotel. Caption reads...
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The Two Dons

Date: 12 12 1918
Description: Title reads: "The Two Dons" for Donald Holt and Donald DeWitt. Donald Holt is standing on the left. He and another boy are carrying the box filled with woo...
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The Kaiser's Coffin

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: The Armistice Day parade is heading down Main Street. This float shows German Kaiser Wilhelm II's coffin. A group of joyful men and woman are riding on the...
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Return of Company M — 32nd Red Arrow Boys

Date: 05 16 1919
Description: View across lawn towards the parade down Main Street, celebrating the return of the 32nd Infantry Division, Company M after WWI. A car is in the parade, fo...
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Swimmers on the Pier

Date: 08 1919
Description: A group of eight swimmers are hanging out together at the Holt pier on Archibald Lake. A girl in the foreground is floating in a wash tub. The young men ar...
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Locomotive on Logging Railroad Tracks

Date: 09 1919
Description: View of a locomotive on the logging railroad spur, with the engineer. Three men are standing on the tracks. An automobile is parked below on the left in fr...
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The American Flag

Date: 07 29 1920
Description: It is time to raise or lower the American Flag by members of the Holt family during their stay on the Island at Archibald Lake.
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Mr. Bell at Archibald Lake

Date: 06 04 1921
Description: Mr. Bell is standing in a boat, holding a long pole. Caption reads: "Mr. Bell."
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Lake Geneva

Date: 06 11 1921
Description: W.A. Holt and daughter Jeannette Holt are sitting on a bench with Lake Geneva in the background. Caption reads: "Lake Geneva."

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