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Donald Holt and Eleanor Holt Playing Tether Ball

Date: 08 1905
Description: Holding lawn tennis rackets, siblings Donald and Eleanor Holt are playing tether ball. The wooden pole with the tethered ball is standing between the two ...
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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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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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Lesson in Shooting

Date: 08 1905
Description: Harriet Stroh is taking a shooting lesson from her grandfather Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War veteran. Alfred Holt is standing in front of his grandfathe...
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First Lesson in Rowing

Date: 08 1905
Description: Using a long wooden stick as an oar, Donald Holt is rowing the boat, which is beached on land. Juliet Stroh is sitting in the boat with Donald Holt. A log ...
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A Somersault from the Boat

Date: 08 1905
Description: Alfred Holt is in the middle of doing a somersault from the boat into Archibald Lake. Standing in the water and watching Alfred are, from left to right: Ca...
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Circle Swing at Night, Wonderland

Date: 08 1905
Description: Text on front reads: "Circle Swing at Night, Wonderland." An amusement ride with swings is lit up with electric bulbs at night. This amusement park had man...

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