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| Description: | Colorized postcard view over water towards boats and boaters at a resort. In the background are people and boats near a pier. The resort is among trees on ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of two images: the one on the left is titled: "A Sample Catch" and is of three men holding the fish they caught, with a dog sitting a... |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Chateau Madeleine La Pointe, Wisconsin Summer and Fall Resort on Madeline Island (Apostle Islands) in Lake Superior. The Chateau's... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a formation on the Wisconsin River called "The Ink Stand." On the shore a woman is sitting on a wooden bench, and behind her is a picnic bas... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Grant Stroh posing with a big pickerel in front of Island Lodge. Caption reads: "Pickerel from Little Horn Lake 39 inches — Grant Stroh." |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | W.A. Holt is showing off the perch he caught. Names from left to right are: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey, I.P. Rumsey, W.A. Holt and Bertha {unknown}. Capt... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A group of children, supervised by adults, is playing at the bathing beach on Archibald Lake. On the shore is a tent with a woman sitting inside. Caption r... |
| Date: | 08 1902 |
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| Description: | Toddler Eleanor Holt, carrying a pail, and Minnie May Rumsey are walking on the path away from Archibald Lake. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of women, men, and children standing in front of a display of freshly-picked blackberries. Dr. James McClure (left) and Miss Smith (right) a... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | View from rowboat of siblings Jeannette and Alfred Holt standing in the water and watching the rowboat approaching the shore of Archibald Lake. Alfred is h... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | At Maiden Lake, Dr. Hoover (left) and Rev. John Robertson Macartney (right) are holding a pole with a large pickeral, the size of a boy, hanging from it. P... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Jeannette Holt and Harriet Stroh are sitting and lying in the grass while playing with three dolls. Two of the dolls are sitting on a swing, made of sticks... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Annie McClure is swinging a baseball bat. Behind Annie a boy is playing catcher. There is a girl, possibly Jeannette Holt, on the right watching the game. ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Looking at each other, Lucy and W.A. Holt are eating berries together. Bertha {Unknown} is sitting to the right of Lucy Holt. One boy is sitting on a falle... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Three children, wearing sun hats, are holding empty berry containers. The girls are wearing knickers. On the right is the Island Lodge porch. From left to ... |
| Date: | 08 1905 |
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| 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 ... |
| 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: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Looking at the camera, Alfred Holt, smiling, with a tooth missing, is holding a pail full of freshly-picked berries. Mrs. Annie McClure is standing behind ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Dr. James McClure, on the left wearing a three-piece suit, and Mr. Trowbridge, on the right wearing a coat and bow tie, are holding pails of freshly-picked... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | W.H. Young, holding a lawn tennis racquet, is playing tetherball against a man who has his back to the camera. A central wooden tetherball pole divides the... |
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