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| 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: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The group of people with sn automobile appears to be coming home after an outing, possibly to the Arbutus Mineral Spring in Oconto. W.A. Holt is opening th... |
| Date: | 11 11 1918 |
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| Description: | The Armistice Day parade is heading down Main Street. This float shows German Kaiser Wilhelm II's coffin. A group of joyful men and woman are riding on the... |
| Date: | 05 16 1919 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the parade down Main Street, celebrating the return of the 32nd Infantry Division, Company M after WWI. A car is in the parade, fo... |
| 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: | 09 1919 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 03 23 1922 |
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| Description: | Two horses are pulling an open sleigh with a man at the reins through cutover land with many tree stumps. |
| Date: | 04 10 1922 |
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| Description: | Two women are walking through floodwaters from the Oconto River. A horse-drawn carriage with its wheels halfway underwater is in the background near the Oc... |
| Date: | 04 13 1922 |
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| Description: | The car is plowing through flood waters on Main Street. Commercial buildings and telephone poles are in the background. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Rev. Ernest W. Wright and Rheua Nickey Wright are sitting on the running board of the car with sons William and Robert. The car has snow chains on the tire... |
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