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Children Wading in Water

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Description: Large group of children wading in the water in a small pool. The girls are holding up the edges of their skirts, and the boys are pulling up their pants. A...
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Girls in Running Race

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Description: Five young girls in skirts and dresses running. In the background, a crowd is watching the race.
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Now Look Enthusiastic

Date: 1898
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...
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Annie McClure and her Fish

Date: 1899
Description: Annie McClure is standing in a boat showing the fish she caught on Archibald Lake. There is a pier on the left, and a tree-lined shore is in the background...
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Anna Holt Wheeler Riding Sidesaddle

Date: 1901
Description: Anna Holt Wheeler riding sidesaddle on the horse named Dick, with her husband Arthur Dana Wheeler walking behind her. Caption reads: "Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler ...
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Toddler Eleanor Holt on the Shore of Archibald Lake

Date: 08 1902
Description: Toddler Eleanor Holt, carrying a pail, and Minnie May Rumsey are walking on the path away from Archibald Lake.
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Dr. James McClure, Miss Smith, and the Blackberry Pickers

Date: 1902
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...
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Annie McClure Playing Baseball

Date: 1904
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. ...
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The Stroh Family on the Islander Steam Launch

Date: 1904
Description: View from shoreline towards a group of children and adults sitting in the Islander steam launch at the Island Lodge pier on Archibald Lake. The Stro...
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Lucy and W.A. Holt Eating Berries Together

Date: 1904
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...
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Setting Off For a Picnic

Date: 1905
Description: View towards shoreline of Archibald Lake where a group of five people, three women, one man, and one child, is getting ready for a picnic. Two rowboats are...
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Couple Boating on Archibald Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View from the new boathouse towards a couple canoeing on Archibald Lake. The woman is looking at the camera. The man, in profile, is using a paddle. Across...
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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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Three Sisters with the "H" They Made

Date: 1906
Description: Three wood workers are showing the "H" which they made out of birch logs. From left to right: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey and possibly Juliet Rumsey Stroh...
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Children Playing in a Hammock

Date: 07 20 1958
Description: Laurie Stein, 5 year old daughter of photographer Edwin Stein, playing in a double hammock with her friend Sara.
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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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Watermelon Seed Fight

Date: 1916
Description: Jeannette Holt, family and friends are laughing and having a watermelon seed fight in front of Island Lodge. Names from left to right: Jeannette Holt, unkn...

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