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| Date: | 07 1917 |
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| Description: | A woman is napping in the hammock on the screened porch at Island Lodge. Her bag and possibly a camera are on the floor near her. Caption reads: "July 30 -... |
| Date: | 08 1917 |
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| Description: | Sitting in front of the bath house, bathers are dangling their feet in Archibald Lake. A young man is sunbathing on the roof. A woman is standing in the ba... |
| Date: | 07 26 1918 |
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| Description: | Most of the Lucy and W.A. Holt family are gathered around the Islander flag, which appears to be new. All of the children are present except Alfred Holt. T... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A casual portrait of the Lucy and W.A. Holt family. Standing from left to right: Alfred Holt in military uniform, Jeannette Holt, Lucy Rumsey Holt, W.A. Ho... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of a baseball game on the Island. Juliet Rumsey Stroh (?) is pitching. W.A. Holt is standing by second base. Alfred Holt is standing near third base. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Standing on the pier, Jeannette Holt is doing laundry by hand, using the washboard in an iron bucket that is sitting on the diving board. Archibald Lake an... |
| Date: | 08 30 1918 |
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| Description: | Wearing a hat and scarf, an unknown woman is sitting on the ground in the woods, looking at the camera. To her right, amidst ferns and plants, Lucy Rumsey ... |
| Date: | 09 10 1918 |
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| Description: | It appears that a set of logs was just placed on the dirt road between an automobile and a horse-drawn carriage, possibly to fix a rut. While squatting by ... |
| Date: | 08 1918 |
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| Description: | A Collie named Queenie, the Wheeler's dog, appears to be whispering in Gordon Wheeler's ear. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Gordon Wheeler is sitting on the ground in a clearing by a wooded area with his Collie named Queenie. Caption reads: "Gordon Wheeler and Queenie." |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Three boats, each filled with people, are leaving the pier. Two household employees, wearing aprons and standing on the pier, are watching the boats depart... |
| Date: | 08 1919 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 29 1920 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 06 04 1921 |
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| Description: | Mr. Bell is standing in a boat, holding a long pole. Caption reads: "Mr. Bell." |
| Date: | 08 13 1921 |
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| Description: | A group of berry pickers, standing in front of Island Lodge, are showing their harvest. Names from left to right: Unknown, Unknown, Elizabeth Stroh, Don De... |
| Date: | 08 21 1922 |
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| Description: | W.A. Holt and three of his adult children are picnicking under birch trees on the shore of Archibald Lake. From left to right: Jeannette Holt, wearing f... |
| Date: | 08 1922 |
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| Description: | The diver, possibly David Rumsey, is doing a handstand on the end of the diving board. Archibald Lake is in the background. |
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