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W.A. Holt and Car Trouble

Date: 09 03 1917
Description: W.A. Holt is standing next to his broken down car in the woods. Three men on the left are examining the wheel of the car. One man is holding a crowbar. On ...
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Many Flags Waving from a Moving Car

Date: 1918
Description: A driver and three or four passengers are in a moving car with the top down. Many American flags attached to the car are flying in the wind. The group may ...
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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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Jeannette Holt and Others Horseback Riding

Date: 1919
Description: Jeannette Holt (left) and two others are horseback riding on an unpaved road. A car is parked on the other side of the road on the left, and a cow is stand...
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Joe Rumsey's Auto

Date: 07 23 1909
Description: Looking at the camera, Joe Rumsey is sitting in the driver's seat of his sedan. The auto has lights and a horn. Morris Rumsey is at his brother's side. In ...
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After: Drinking Fountain Put in by Oconto Women's Club

Date: 1916
Description: View of the new stone drinking fountain for horses at the junction of Chicago and Main Streets. Looking at the camera, two girls are standing to the right ...
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Repairing the Road

Date: 09 10 1918
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 ...
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Tree in the Middle of the Road

Date: 10 1918
Description: View down road towards a car stopped next to the lone tree in the middle of the road. An eight-foot fence surrounds and protects this tall tree.
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Von Platen Lumber Store

Date: 10 1918
Description: Three men are standing together on the front steps of the Von Platen Lumber building. W.A. Holt is on the right. Presumably one of these men is business ow...
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After Arbutus

Date: 1916
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...
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Minnie May's New "Woods" Electric Car

Date: 07 19 1911
Description: Minnie May Rumsey is standing beside her new Waverley electric car made by the Woods Motor Vehicle Company. Her father Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War vet...
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Decoration Day

Date: 05 30 1912
Description: Three girls are decorating Lucy Rumsey Holt's electric car with American flags for Decoration Day, possibly for a parade. Jeannette Holt is on the left. Sp...
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The Electric

Date: 07 24 1913
Description: The entire Holt family, except photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt, is squeezing into the car. Lucy Rumsey Holt was the principal driver of this electric car. Na...
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Lake Geneva Hotel

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view of the Lake Geneva Hotel, a two-story, low horizontal building. A man is standing next to the car parked in front of the hotel. Caption reads...
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The Kaiser's Coffin

Date: 11 11 1918
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...
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Return of Company M — 32nd Red Arrow Boys

Date: 05 16 1919
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...
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Locomotive on Logging Railroad Tracks

Date: 09 1919
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...
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Big Flood in Oconto

Date: 04 10 1922
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...

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