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Holt and McClure Children at Sandy Beach

Date: 1902
Description: View from rowboat of siblings Jeannette and Alfred Holt standing in the water and watching the rowboat approaching the shore of Archibald Lake. Alfred is h...
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Jeannette Holt, Harriet Stroh and the Home-made Swing

Date: 1904
Description: Jeannette Holt and Harriet Stroh are sitting and lying in the grass while playing with three dolls. Two of the dolls are sitting on a swing, made of sticks...
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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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Annie McClure Playing Baseball

Date: 1904
Description: Annie McClure is swinging a baseball bat. Behind Annie a boy is playing catcher. There is a girl, possibly Jeannette Holt, on the right watching the game. ...
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The Last Shortcake

Date: 1904
Description: This a portrait of the Island Lodge cook Mrs. Schauers (left) and another household employee displaying a fine culinary work of art: a shortcake topped wit...
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Holt Children Fishing and Canoeing in Archibald Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Wearing a dress, Donald Holt is fishing, using a wooden pole, in Archibald Lake. Alfred Holt is paddling a canoe. Eleanor Holt is standing next to Donald o...
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Ellen Holt and Mr. Delbridge in Boats on Archibald Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View from boat across water towards a group of five out in two boats on Archibald Lake. On the left, Harriet Stroh is rowing while Ellen Holt is sitting an...
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Mr. and Mrs. Delbridge in Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1905
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Delbridge, with a group of people, are riding in a horse-drawn wagon on a dirt road. The two horses are wearing leather bridles. Caption reads...
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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 Sisters with the "H" They Made

Date: 1906
Description: Three wood workers are showing the "H" which they made out of birch logs. From left to right: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey and possibly Juliet Rumsey Stroh...
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Harriet McClure and Eleanor Holt Canoeing

Date: 07 1906
Description: Harriet McClure is paddling a canoe on Archibald Lake, and Eleanor Holt is riding along. Both girls are looking at the camera. The side of a boat is in the...
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Church Service on Island Lodge Porch

Date: 1907
Description: Sunday church service is being held on the screened porch at Island Lodge on Archibald Lake. Left to right, front row: Eleanor Holt, Donald Holt. Second ro...
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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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Lucy Holt Playing the Pump Organ during Church Service

Date: 09 01 1907
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt is playing the pump organ during Sunday church service on the Island Lodge porch. Her brother-in-law Grant Stroh is sitting in the corner ...
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William Pettigrew Holding Ax and Hammer

Date: 1912
Description: William Pettigrew, who was Foreman at Camp Four for sometime beginning in 1885, is holding a double headed ax in his right hand and a hammer in his left ha...
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The Hello-Phone

Date: 1904
Description: Juliet Stroh (right) has her mouth on the narrow end of the Hello-phone, a.k.a megaphone. At the same time, Donald Holt (left) is sticking his arms and fac...
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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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Reading Circle at the Hermit

Date: 1906
Description: View across water towards members of the Reading Circle, including one woman and six children. The "H," made of birch branches, marks the location as being...

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