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| Date: | 08 24 1898 |
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| Description: | A group of Holt family members and guests is arriving at the Island on Archibald Lake, with lumberjacks from Holt Lumber Company rowing the boats. The man ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A group of five men are preparing the soil for the new tennis court. The men are using shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows. On the right, children Alfred and ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Standing under tall trees on a hill, a man is holding a long fishing pole and a container. He is wearing overalls, white shirt, tie, and hat. There is a fo... |
| 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: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View across grass towards James McClure holding a baseball bat on his shoulder. Trees and bushes are in the background. Caption reads: "A baseball fan." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down trail towards a small group of women and girls hiking in Cathedral Woods on a sunny day. The old growth forest is made up of pines and hemlocks. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down the first part of the path to Cathedral Woods from Barn Pond. The logs laid lengthwise and crosswise help one across the bog into the forest prop... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of a girl holding several frogs by their legs. She presumably caught the frogs in the nearby wetland. Her sun hat is shading part of her face. Archiba... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Young David Rumsey is sitting on a log between his father and mother on a sunny day. Parents Wallace and Edna Rumsey are looking at the camera. There is a ... |
| 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: | 1920 |
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| Description: | From left to right: Eleanor Gibson, {unknown}, and Helen Macartney are sitting together on a large fallen tree trunk partially submerged in Archibald Lake.... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Elevated view through trees towards a man preparing to dive or jump off a wooden diving board, mounted on a barge, into Archibald Lake. Waiting his turn, a... |
| Date: | 08 30 1926 |
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| Description: | View toward a man, sitting on the middle bench in the motor boat, holding an axe on his knees. A woman, possibly Anna Holt Wheeler, is sitting on the back ... |
| Date: | 08 1932 |
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| Description: | Douglas DeWitt, one of the Holt grandchildren, is rowing on Archibald Lake with an island in the background. |
| Date: | 08 11 1914 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Holt (r) is holding Eleanor Loomis (l) as they bathe together in Archibald Lake. Two boats are resting on the shore of the Island. Loomis is wearin... |
| Date: | 08 11 1914 |
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| Description: | W.A. Holt, second from the right, and a group of mostly children are playing in Archibald Lake. On the far left, Alfred Holt is giving a thumbs up, with a ... |
| Date: | 08 11 1914 |
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| Description: | Two boys are standing together against a background of plants and trees. The boy on the right is holding an axe, and the boy on the left is holding some ki... |
| Date: | 08 1914 |
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| Description: | Looking at the camera, G.F. Loomis is sitting in the front of boat, on the far left. In total, there are 4 boats arriving at Picnic Island on Archibald Lak... |
| 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... |
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