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Donald and His Flute

Date: 1915
Description: Donald Holt, reading music, is playing the flute at home. Behind him is the piano, which he also knows how to play.
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Outdoor Hymn Sing

Date: 1916
Description: Jeannette Holt is sitting and playing the organ during a hymn sing on the Island. Family and friends are gathered around her. Names from left to right: Mar...
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W.A. Holt by a Fruit Tree

Date: 1916
Description: W.A. Holt is standing a field holding onto a fruit tree.
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Fishing Trip

Date: 1916
Description: A group of men are standing in front of the Holt family home on Main Street. Several of the men are holding fishing poles, and they appear ready to go on a...
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Strawberries and First Long Trousers

Date: 06 15 1918
Description: Donald Holt, who is 16 years old, is wearing his first long trousers, marking the transition from boyhood to manhood. He is taking a strawberry that Mrs. W...
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Repairing the Road

Date: 09 10 1918
Description: It appears that a set of logs was just placed on the dirt road between an automobile and a horse-drawn carriage, possibly to fix a rut. While squatting by ...
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After Arbutus

Date: 1916
Description: The group of people with sn automobile appears to be coming home after an outing, possibly to the Arbutus Mineral Spring in Oconto. W.A. Holt is opening th...
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Traveling by Train

Date: 06 16 1911
Description: A group of travelers are standing on a platform, with the train station in the background. Names from left to right: Philip Smith, Eleanor Holt, Jeannette ...
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Minnie May's New "Woods" Electric Car

Date: 07 19 1911
Description: Minnie May Rumsey is standing beside her new Waverley electric car made by the Woods Motor Vehicle Company. Her father Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War vet...
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Grandfather Rumsey on Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Civil War veteran Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the father of the photographer, is sitting on a horse in front of his home. A large American flag, hanging...
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Stepping into the Horse-Drawn Carriage

Date: 1913
Description: Jeannette Holt is smiling and stepping into the horse-drawn carriage with a top. Her father W.A. Holt is holding the horses' reins. There are hills in the ...
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Return of Company M — 32nd Red Arrow Boys

Date: 05 16 1919
Description: View across lawn towards the parade down Main Street, celebrating the return of the 32nd Infantry Division, Company M after WWI. A car is in the parade, fo...
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Lake Geneva

Date: 06 11 1921
Description: W.A. Holt and daughter Jeannette Holt are sitting on a bench with Lake Geneva in the background. Caption reads: "Lake Geneva."

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