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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the Archibald Lake shoreline from a small wooden boat. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down trail towards a small group of women and girls hiking in Cathedral Woods on a sunny day. The old growth forest is made up of pines and hemlocks. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two boys are sailing a homemade boat on Archibald Lake. Forested lands are in the background. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A baby boy, probably Robert James DeWitt, is playing on a sandy beach. A woman, probably his mother Eleanor Holt DeWitt, is with him. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A woman and a boy are sailing the boat named Islander on Archibald Lake. There is a raft in the foreground. Caption reads: "An Ingenious Affair." |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | A close-up of Wallace Rumsey rowing on Archibald Lake. Photo album page heading reads: "The recreations of Uncle Wallace." |
| Date: | 08 03 1905 |
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| Description: | With her back to the camera, Emily McDonald is rowing a boat on Archibald Lake. Large rocks and grasses are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Emily McDona... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards a girl paddling a boat on Archibald Lake. She is looking towards the camera. Trees are along the shoreline in the background. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Joe Rumsey (?) is pulling the wooden cart holding cousins Donald Holt and Juliet Stroh. They are playing on the porch at Island Lodge. Caption reads: "Joe ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Toddler Douglas DeWitt is playing in the sandbox, while Aunt Jeannette Holt is watching him. Caption reads: "Aunt Jeannette and Douglas." |
| Date: | 08 1932 |
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| Description: | Douglas DeWitt, one of the Holt grandchildren, is rowing on Archibald Lake with an island in the background. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of a baseball game on the Island. Juliet Rumsey Stroh (?) is pitching. W.A. Holt is standing by second base. Alfred Holt is standing near third base. |
| Date: | 06 04 1921 |
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| Description: | Mr. Bell is standing in a boat, holding a long pole. Caption reads: "Mr. Bell." |
| Date: | 08 1922 |
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| Description: | The diver, possibly David Rumsey, is doing a handstand on the end of the diving board. Archibald Lake is in the background. |
| 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: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a young man, possibly James McClure, Jr., rowing on Archibald Lake. A tree-lined shore is in the background. Caption reads: "A Great Hand at Ro... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | W.H. Young, holding a lawn tennis racquet, is playing tetherball against a man who has his back to the camera. A central wooden tetherball pole divides the... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | The Holt family dog, a Spaniel named Sketch, is chewing on something that Donald Holt is holding. An outdoor bench, made of birch wood, is in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | On the left, little Betty Ann is getting a piggyback ride from Clarence Showalter. In contrast, on the right, big Lillian Wheeler is getting a piggyback ri... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A boy is hanging upside down from the diving raft on Archibald Lake. Similar to many items owned by the Holt family, this raft probably was made by hand wi... |
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