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Moving the Boat

Date: 1910
Description: Four men are unloading a wooden boat from a horse-drawn wagon. Lake Archibald is in the background.
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Boat Ride on Archibald Lake with Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey from Oconto

Date: 1910
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey of Oconto are taking a ride in the Islander steam launch on Archibald Lake. Mrs. Ramsey is wearing a hat. Mr. Ramsey is wearing ...
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Portrait of Edna and Wallace Rumsey

Date: 1910
Description: Edna and Wallace Rumsey, both smiling, are standing for a portrait in front of the Island Lodge porch. Wallace is holding a coat and umbrella. Their luggag...
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Studio Portrait of Alfred Holt

Date: 11 1912
Description: Waist-up formal portrait of Alfred Holt. He is wearing a collared shirt, jacket and tie.
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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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Sunday Dinner at Island Lodge

Date: 08 10 1913
Description: Lucy and W.A. Holt, with their family, the Trowbridge family and others, are sitting on the screened porch at Island Lodge for Sunday dinner. A tablecloth ...
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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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W.A. Holt Reading Aloud Outside to the Holt Children and Others

Date: 08 10 1913
Description: It is a Wednesday in the middle of August. Standing in the woods on the Island, W.A. Holt is reading aloud, possibly scripture or a children's sermon. A gr...
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Ethel and Werner Duecker Leaving their Wedding

Date: 06 1919
Description: After their wedding, Ethel and Werner Duecker are preparing to depart in an automobile. Maid of Honor Jeannette Holt is standing on the right.
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Portrait of Donald Holt

Date: 1912
Description: Caption reads "Donald."
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Log Steps Up to the Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1918
Description: Juliet Rumsey Stroh is standing on a step leading up to the horse-drawn wagon, and three boys are standing on the top log step. A man and a woman are sitti...
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Lucy and W.A. Holt Standing Together Outside

Date: 1918
Description: Lucy and W.A. Holt, wife and husband, are looking at each other while standing on the lawn with trees, shrubs, and a building in the background. Lucy Holt ...
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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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Gathered around the Islander Flag

Date: 07 26 1918
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...
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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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