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Two Men on Shore

Date: 1923
Description: Two men, including Ferdinand L. (Fedy) Hotz, left, stand on the west shore of Spider Island off Door County. There is a small boat with an outboard motor ...
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Two Soldiers

Date: 08 29 1943
Description: Two Wisconsin cousins, (left) Corporal Englund Johnson, bomber waist gunner, of Park Falls and (right) Sergeant Donald Englund, airplane engine mechanic, o...
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Sun Bath on Buster Island

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: Two men enjoy a nude sun bath on Buster Island in the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific. The man on the right, wearing only boots, is...
Map or Atlas

Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum five Presbiteriioannis Imperium

Date: 1696
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of Ethiopia, from Blaeu's General Atlas. Map title is framed by a man and a woman, both wearing head turbans, who are standin...
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Elizabeth Baker and Anne Ashley

Date: 1913
Description: Two girls and a girl sit on the wooden stoop near a door. Grant's Point farm, Madeline Island.
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A Stump Speech by Jeannette Holt

Date: 1898
Description: Jeannette Holt giving a stump speech on the porch at Island Lodge on Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "A stump speech by Jeannette."
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Alfred Holt with a Pail of Berries

Date: 1905
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 ...
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I.P. Rumsey and Eleanor Holt

Date: 08 09 1913
Description: Grandfather I.P. Rumsey and granddaughter Eleanor Holt are standing together outdoors on the Island at Archibald Lake. I.P. Rumsey is wearing a suit, bow t...
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Three Travelers in front of Island Lodge

Date: 08 28 1913
Description: View of a child who is looking at the camera while standing on leather suitcases in front of Island Lodge on Archibald Lake. The child's mother and father,...
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In Front of the Cupola

Date: 1913
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...
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Portrait of Jeannette and Alfred Holt on the Island Lodge Porch

Date: 08 1898
Description: On the screened porch at Island Lodge, baby Alfred Holt is sitting in an infant-sized wooden rocking chair with sister Jeannette standing at his side. She ...
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Man Balancing on Human Stilts

Date: 07 1919
Description: A man and woman are holding up a man who is balancing above them on their hands. He is holding his hands to his mouth. Tall trees are in the background. Pa...
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Sitting on a Log by Archibald Lake

Date: 1920
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....
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Joe as Baby Tender

Date: 1904
Description: Joe Rumsey (?) is pulling the wooden cart holding cousins Donald Holt and Juliet Stroh. They are playing on the porch at Island Lodge. Caption reads: "Joe ...
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Gordon and Lillian Wheeler by Archibald Lake

Date: 08 1923
Description: Standing together on a windy day (L to R) are: Blanche Unknown, Gordon Wheeler, Lillian Wheeler and Jane MacIdorney(?), with her arm around Lillian Wheeler...
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Holt Family Dog

Date: 08 1923
Description: In the foreground, the Holt family dog, an English Cocker Spaniel, is looking up at freshly-caught fish on a stringer held by a man standing behind with a ...
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On the Deck Overlooking Archibald Lake

Date: 08 1925
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 (?)...
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Axe in Hand

Date: 08 30 1926
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 ...
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Portrait of Donald Holt and Elizabeth Dorsey

Date: 1926
Description: Donald Holt and Elizabeth Dorsey are standing side by side, arm in arm, wearing similar sportswear. An outdoor bench, made of birch, is on the right, and a...
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Gordon Wheeler and Queenie

Date: 08 1918
Description: A Collie named Queenie, the Wheeler's dog, appears to be whispering in Gordon Wheeler's ear.

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