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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Amateur photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt is rowing on Archibald Lake. Due to advances in mobile photography, Holt was able to take many of her photos out in t... |
| 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: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Lucy Rumsey Holt is paddling the canoe on Archibald Lake with grandson Peter DeWitt in her lap. There is a forested shoreline in the background. Caption re... |
| Date: | 08 04 1914 |
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| Description: | View towards Mr. Ferguson who is standing on a pier holding a rope with either a mud turtle, or a snapping turtle, tied to it. Behind him on the shoreline ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The Holts, Strohs, Buswells, and Wheelers are standing on the Holt pier at Archibald Lake. The Island is in the background. Names from left to right: Donal... |
| Date: | 07 26 1918 |
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| Description: | Most of the Lucy and W.A. Holt family are gathered around the Islander flag, which appears to be new. All of the children are present except Alfred Holt. T... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View from the lake of Miss Ransom washing clothes by hand, using lake water. Beside her on the pier is an enamel metal wash bowl. Archibald Lake is in the ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the Archibald Lake shoreline from a small wooden boat. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Peter DeWitt and a friend or cousin are sitting on the sand beach near logs. A bird is perched nearby on a wooden pier. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | A woman standing on a shoreline is showing the fish she caught on the hook with the cane pole. A wooden canoe is beached beside her on the sand. |
| Date: | 09 1934 |
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| Description: | View of a stone reef on Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "Apple Tree Landing Showing Stone Reef." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Mary's Lake, Townsend. Wis." A rowboat and bench on the shore of a lake, and trees along the far shoreline. Mary's Lake is southwest ... |
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