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The Winter Slide
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Atop the winter slide, Lillian Wheeler is positioning herself on the sled. Her mother Anna Holt Wheeler is watching her, and a third person is standing behind the sled. There is a house in the background and snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "Mrs. Wheeler and Lillian."
February 29, 1916
Holt, Lucy
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Lillian Wheeler Toboganning
February 29, 1916
Toddler Lillian Wheeler is tobogganing down the snowy chute with her mother Anna Holt Wheeler, and a third person is sitting behind Anna. There is a house in the background.
Winter Sports
December 1909
Children are playing winter sports, including sledding and snowshoeing, in the backyard. The slide and sleds are made of wood. The snowshoers are holding hockey sticks. On the right, Alfred Holt is...
Barbara Holt on the Sled
1929
On a sunny winter day, Barbara Holt is ready to go sledding. She is sitting on the wooden sled and holding the rope in her left hand.
Looking Down the Toboggan Slide
February 6, 1914
View of the backyard toboggan slide from the second floor of the Lucy and W.A. Holt home. Several people are in the snow at the bottom of the wooden slide.
W.A. Holt and Daughter Eleanor Tobogganing
November 26, 1903
Smiling at the camera, daughter Eleanor Holt is tobogganing with her father W.A. Holt in the backyard of the Holt family home. Aunt Nell is standing behind the toboggan. There is a toboggan slide i...
Toboggan Slide in Backyard
February 6, 1914
A group of children and adults is on the wooden toboggan slide in the backyard of the Lucy and W.A. Holt home. One person on the top platform is holding a toboggan. Several others are also waiting ...
