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Dr. Hoover and Rev. John Robertson Macartney with Pickeral at Maiden Lake

Date: 1903
Description: At Maiden Lake, Dr. Hoover (left) and Rev. John Robertson Macartney (right) are holding a pole with a large pickeral, the size of a boy, hanging from it. P...
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Baseball Game

Date: 08 03 1911
Description: A baseball game is underway on the Island. A woman, with her back to the camera, is at bat. From left to right on the field: Donald Holt, Jeannette Holt, A...
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Jeannette Holt Reading on the New Porch Addition at Island Lodge

Date: 1911
Description: Seen in profile, Jeannette Holt is sitting in a rocking chair and reading a book, on the new porch addition to Island Lodge. A table with tablecloth and ch...
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Two Women Sitting Outside the Hermit Cottage

Date: 1912
Description: Two women are sitting on a bench outside of the Hermit cottage. The older woman has her arm around the neck and on the shoulder of the younger woman. They ...
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Boating Party on Middle Lake

Date: 1913
Description: View across water towards a wooded shoreline, where a man and woman, followed by two children, are walking out of the woods toward Middle Lake where four w...
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Lucy Rumsey Holt Rowing on Archibald Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Amateur photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt is rowing on Archibald Lake. Due to advances in mobile photography, Holt was able to take many of her photos out in t...
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Building the Pulpit — Part 1

Date: 1913
Description: An action shot of two sawyers cutting a hollow hemlock log using a 2-person crosscut saw. They are sawing halfway through the log, to create an angle which...
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Building the Pulpit — Part 2

Date: 1913
Description: Three men, and young David Rumsey are standing in the shade by the hollow hemlock log. The man on the right is holding an axe. Part of a series captioned: ...
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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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Harvesting Grapes

Date: 1909
Description: A group of women and children are standing in front of the porch at Island Lodge. From left to right: Jeannette Holt smiling and holding a bundle of vines ...
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Paddleboarding on Archibald Lake

Date: 1924
Description: W.A. Holt and several visitors are paddleboarding or rafting on Archibald Lake. Names from left to right: Catherine Wilson, Nora Klass, W.A. Holt, and Geor...
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Birch Bark Gang

Date: 1910
Description: After gathering birch bark, a group of children and an adult are returning to Island Lodge. One boy is pushing a wheelbarrow. Caption reads: "Birch bark ga...
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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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