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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Annie McClure is sitting on the hay mower, with two boys nearby. In the background, Nellie Clapp is standing in the doorway of the barn. The group is at th... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the Hermit Cottage, which has a four poster rustic birch bed, bedside table, and a decorative rug hanging from the rear birch post. The... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a young man holding a puppy in his arms. Trees and a building are in the background. Caption reads: "Horace." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water from a boat on Archibald Lake towards a man paddling a duck boat toward the new boathouse on the island. The Islander steam launch... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from the new boathouse on the Island towards a foursome out boating on Archibald Lake. A man is rowing, and one woman, sitting on a bench in the middl... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from the new boathouse towards a couple canoeing on Archibald Lake. The woman is looking at the camera. The man, in profile, is using a paddle. Across... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline towards the tree-lined shore of the Island on Archibald Lake, and four buildings. From left to right the buildings are: Anna W... |
| Date: | 09 02 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline towards a group of nine people sitting in three rowboats on Archibald Lake near the boathouse on the left. Several of the boat... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a line of Holt children and others who are playing with a long log in Archibald Lake in front of the Bath House. Jeannette Holt i... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | From left to right, Donald Holt and Donald Bridgeman, each holding a book, are standing in front of the Cupola on the Island. Caption reads: "Donald, Donal... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The boathouse is protecting the steam launch, called The Islander, from the elements. The man in the boathouse on the left is pulling a rope. A man ... |
| Date: | 08 16 1909 |
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| Description: | W.A. Holt is watching his children paint the cupola which was moved to the Island from the Lakewood school house. From left to right: Jeannette Holt is pai... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 1905 |
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| Description: | Children are shelling lima beans on the porch at Island Lodge. Names from left to right on the porch: Jeannette Holt, Eleanor Holt, Donald Holt, and Harrie... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Alfred Holt (center) is rowing the boat on Archibald Lake while Richard Rumsey (?) and James McClure are baiting hooks for fishing. The wild shoreline and ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View of one of the Holt Lumber Company camps. Caption reads: "The Camp." |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A small group is filling in part of the Archibald Lake shoreline with branches to protect the point from erosion. Names from left to right: Pete Blanchard,... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | Three young adults are on the deck over looking Archibald Lake. Tall white pine trees are visible. Names from left to right: {Unknown}, Lillian Wheeler (?)... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A group of men are building the wood floor for the tented campsite on the Island. In the background, a group of women and children are watching constructio... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View from hill looking towards three men on the roof while building The Retreat. There is a tall ladder against a tree on the right. Archibald Lake is in ... |
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