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A Gathering at Jolly Lodge

Date: 1896
Description: Group portrait of men and women at a gathering at Jolly Lodge. The men are wearing knickerbockers, and the women are wearing long skirts with puffy sleeved...
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Fargo Family

Date: 07 1900
Description: A decorated album page features two photographs of members of the Fargo family posing near the ornate porch of their home. In the photograph on the left, F...
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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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Walter Vail Johnston Family

Date: 1933
Description: Walter Vail Johnston, far left, and his wife June Crandall Johnston, second from left, posing with their six children in front of their large house on Dean...
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Confirmation Day

Date: 1920
Description: Edward John Brumder, third from left with boutonniere, and his sister, Henrietta Thekla "Pussy" Brumder, wearing a short white dress, posing with other fam...
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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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Harvesting Grapes

Date: 1909
Description: A group of women and children are standing in front of the porch at Island Lodge. From left to right: Jeannette Holt smiling and holding a bundle of vines ...
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Parkinson Home on Ludington Street

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Description: Five women are posing in front of a house on a stoop and porch. They are all wearing hats, skirts, and blouses, and one woman is sitting in a rocking chair...
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Reunion Luncheon in Milwaukee

Date: 1902
Description: A portrait of a group of women outside on the porch, with a brick wall in the background. They are attending a reunion luncheon in Milwaukee. Lucy Rumsey H...
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Baby Jeannette Holt with Extended Family

Date: 1896
Description: A group of Holt and Rumsey family members (3 generations) and others are gathered on the porch of The Evergreens, the Rumsey estate, to see baby Jeannette ...
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Sunday on the Porch

Date: 1923
Description: Clifford Frederick Messinger is sitting on a swinging bed with his wife, Gertrude Merker Messinger. He is holding the comics section of a newspaper; Gertru...
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Brumder Family on Porch

Date: 1920
Description: Herman Otto Brumder, lower right, holding his niece, Barbara Brumder, at the foot of the front steps at Villa Henrietta, the summer home on Pine Lake built...
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Group Outdoors

Date: 08 23 1904
Description: In a photograph captioned "Group of Young Folks at Uncles," well-dressed children and young adults are posing with an older gentleman, who is at front left...
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The Young Folk

Date: 1910
Description: A group of well-dressed young adults posing for a portrait near a porch. They include Margaret (Mae) von der Sump, sitting in the center, and standing behi...
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Group Near Porch

Date: 1905
Description: A group of four well-dressed adults, and a toddler wearing a dress, are posing in front of a vine-covered porch at the Von der Sump home. A lily and other ...
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Group at Ed Kearns

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of seven adults and nine children, including two infants, posing sitting and standing under a tree near the open door of a two-story wood fr...
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Kusick Family

Date: 1905
Description: A man and woman, most likely Valentine and Elizabeth Kusick, are sitting on their porch steps. They are flanked by two men standing on the lawn, and there ...
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Church Music on Porch at Island Lodge

Date: 1916
Description: Arch McClure, on the left, is Holding a book and standing behind the home-made wooden podium that is decorated with flowers. A group of musicians is playin...
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Lucy and W.A. Holt Family

Date: 1918
Description: A casual portrait of the Lucy and W.A. Holt family. Standing from left to right: Alfred Holt in military uniform, Jeannette Holt, Lucy Rumsey Holt, W.A. Ho...
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At the Wedding

Date: 06 27 1906
Description: A large group of well-dressed men, women and children posing beside the small wood frame Von der Sump farmhouse. There is a canopy decorated with greenery ...

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