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Donald Holt and Eleanor Holt Playing Tether Ball

Date: 08 1905
Description: Holding lawn tennis rackets, siblings Donald and Eleanor Holt are playing tether ball. The wooden pole with the tethered ball is standing between the two ...
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Isabell and Joe Standing on the Pier at Archibald Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View from boat at Archibald Lake towards Isabell Holt (?) and Joe Rumsey (?) standing on the pier. Holt appears to be brushing off the back of Rumsey's jac...
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Picnic Island

Date: 1905
Description: A man is holding two small metal pails. A woman, just out of frame, is standing on the far right. A rowboat is in the foreground, and another pier is in th...
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Setting Off For a Picnic

Date: 1905
Description: View towards shoreline of Archibald Lake where a group of five people, three women, one man, and one child, is getting ready for a picnic. Two rowboats are...
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Boating on Archibald Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View from the new boathouse on the Island towards a foursome out boating on Archibald Lake. A man is rowing, and one woman, sitting on a bench in the middl...
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Building the Tennis Court

Date: 1905
Description: A group of five men are preparing the soil for the new tennis court. The men are using shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows. On the right, children Alfred and ...
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Alfred Holt with a Pail of Berries

Date: 1905
Description: Looking at the camera, Alfred Holt, smiling, with a tooth missing, is holding a pail full of freshly-picked berries. Mrs. Annie McClure is standing behind ...
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Dr. McClure and Mr. Trowbridge Berrypicking

Date: 1905
Description: Dr. James McClure, on the left wearing a three-piece suit, and Mr. Trowbridge, on the right wearing a coat and bow tie, are holding pails of freshly-picked...
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W.H. Young Playing Tetherball

Date: 1905
Description: W.H. Young, holding a lawn tennis racquet, is playing tetherball against a man who has his back to the camera. A central wooden tetherball pole divides the...
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Holt Children and Others Carrying Wood

Date: 08 1905
Description: A group portrait of children carrying newly split wood in their arms. Alfred Holt, wearing glasses, is sitting on a pile of wood in a small wagon. Donald H...
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Three Stroh Sisters Dressed for a Play

Date: 1906
Description: Three Stroh sisters are sitting outdoors under a tall tree on the Island. Harriet Stroh (center) is dressed as the queen. Elizabeth Stroh (left) and Margar...
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Toasting Marshmallows

Date: 08 04 1909
Description: A group of Holt and Rumsey children are toasting marshmallows over a fire outdoors. Names from left to right: Donald Holt, Eleanor Holt, Jeannette Holt, Mo...
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Archibald Lake and Ark Cottage on a Misty Day

Date: 1906
Description: Looking toward the Island from a marshy shoreline, Archibald Lake is veiled in a fine mist. Two logs are submerged in the lake in the foreground. Beyond th...
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The Ark Cottage on the Shoreline of Archibald Lake

Date: 1906
Description: View looking across Archibald Lake toward the island on the right, and the mainland in the distance on a cloudy day. Three very tall trees are standing at ...
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Island Lodge, Green Cottage, and the Ark Cottage

Date: 1906
Description: View from shoreline across Archibald Lake, looking north toward the Island. There is a view, from left to right, of three houses: Island Lodge, Green Cotta...
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George Holt Under the "H"

Date: 1907
Description: In the foreground is the bow of the Islander steam launch. George Holt, sitting in a clinker-built duck boat just beyond the launch, is holding the paddle ...
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Portrait of a Baby Lillian Wheeler

Date: 1907
Description: Baby Lillian Wheeler, wearing a dress, is standing on a pile of lumber with support from her mother Anna (Holt) Wheeler. Lillian's brother Gordon Wheeler, ...
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Lumberjack Climbing a Tall Tree

Date: 1907
Description: View towards a lumberjack, wearing a hat, climbing a tall tree in silhouette against the sky in the background.
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Open Air Players

Date: 1907
Description: Four actors in costume are posing for a photograph with trees in the background. On the left is Alfred Holt wearing a hat and tie. To the right of Alfred i...
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Eleanor and Donald Holt Rowing on Archibald Lake

Date: 1908
Description: With her back to the camera, Eleanor Holt is rowing a boat on Archibald Lake. In the foreground, Donald Holt is rowing another boat. The tree-lined shoreli...

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