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Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Hat with Protective Netting

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Description: Full-length outdoor portrait of a woman wearing a hat with protective netting over it covering her face. The woman is also wearing a sweater over a long dr...
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A Private Moment

Date: 1918
Description: Sitting close together on the floor of the Island Lodge porch, a young man and young woman are hiding their faces from the camera with a hat or towel.
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Stunt: Big Baby in the Baby Carriage

Date: 1918
Description: A man is dressed up as a big baby and is sitting in a wicker baby carriage. He is drinking from a glass bottle. A woman wearing round eyeglasses is standin...
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The Wedding of Ethel M. Cecil and Werner W. Duecker

Date: 06 18 1919
Description: Bride Ethel M. Cecil and groom Werner W. Duecker are standing with their wedding party, family and friends. Rev E.W. Wright officiated. The Cecil family h...
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Ethel and Werner Duecker Leaving their Wedding

Date: 06 1919
Description: After their wedding, Ethel and Werner Duecker are preparing to depart in an automobile. Maid of Honor Jeannette Holt is standing on the right.
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Man Balancing on Human Stilts

Date: 07 1919
Description: A man and woman are holding up a man who is balancing above them on their hands. He is holding his hands to his mouth. Tall trees are in the background. Pa...
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Friends of Jeannette Holt in Winter

Date: 1919
Description: Three young women are posing for a winter portrait with a sled and wooden skis. There is a building with a porch on a hill in the background.
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Picnic with the Howards

Date: 1919
Description: A group of one man and three women is picnicking on a grassy patch of sandy beach. The group is sitting on the ground and eating around a blanket with a Th...
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Alfred Holt and Madeleine Wood Spoof

Date: 07 1920
Description: Alfred Holt and Madeleine Wood are outside on a sunny day. She is standing and holding a pose that suggests dancing. He is sitting in a wooden chair with h...
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Ethel Cecil Duecker and Baby John

Date: 04 01 1920
Description: Ethel Cecil Duecker is pushing a wicker baby carriage with her son John Cecil Duecker covered with a blanket.
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Minnehaha Falls

Date: 1921
Description: View towards four people walking up to the frozen Minnehaha Falls in Minnehaha Park.
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"Jim" Wright Exclaims

Date: 1921
Description: Wearing a wide brimmed hat, Jim Wright has his mouth wide open, and is looking at the palm of his left hand and pointing in the air with his right hand. Be...
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Holts and Garrisons Roasting Corn

Date: 1922
Description: A group of Holts and Garrisons are roasting corn around a smoking campfire on the Island, with Archibald Lake in the background. W.A. Holt is on the far le...
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Jeannette Holt and the Garrisons Collecting Marine Life

Date: 1922
Description: Jeannette Holt (far left) is standing in the water near the shoreline with one foot up on a log. She is balancing a metal pail on her knee, which has a scr...
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Henry Rumsey's Boat House

Date: 08 1922
Description: View of Henry Rumsey's boat house, which is built of logs. An American flag is flying from the flagpole at the front of the boathouse.
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Log Steps Up to the Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1918
Description: Juliet Rumsey Stroh is standing on a step leading up to the horse-drawn wagon, and three boys are standing on the top log step. A man and a woman are sitti...
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Lucy and W.A. Holt Standing Together Outside

Date: 1918
Description: Lucy and W.A. Holt, wife and husband, are looking at each other while standing on the lawn with trees, shrubs, and a building in the background. Lucy Holt ...
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Nature Walk in Kindergarten

Date: 1918
Description: A Woodward Avenue School kindergarten teacher is showing a tree leaf or seed to her students during a walk in a natural area. Most of the students are look...
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25th Anniversary Portrait of Lucy and W.A. Holt

Date: 07 1920
Description: Marking their 25th wedding anniversary, Lucy and W.A. Holt are standing close together and posing for a portrait outdoors. Lucy Rumsey Holt may be wearing ...

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