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Playing Flinch
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Group of people playing the card game called Flinch. There is an electric lamp in the background. Caption reads: "Cousin Carolyn, foster mother during absence of father and mother between Jan 6th - XXX. Playing Flinch." Names from left to right: Cousin Carolyn, Jeannette Holt, Alfred Holt, Eleanor Holt, and Donald Holt.
February 8, 1912
Holt, Lucy
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Decoration Day
May 30, 1912
Three girls are decorating Lucy Rumsey Holt's electric car with American flags for Decoration Day, possibly for a parade. Jeannette Holt is on the left. Spotty, the Holt family dog, is in the foreg...
Jeannette, Harriet, and Margaret Playing Together
1897
Cousins Jeannette Holt (left), Harriet Stroh (center), and Margaret (right) Stroh are playing in the backyard of the Holt home. W.A. Holt is crouching down near daughter Jeannette. Juliet Stroh is ...
Cousins Jeannette Holt and Harriet Stroh in front of Lacquer Screen
1897
Cousins Harriet Stroh (L) and Jeannette Holt (R) are standing outside on a carpet in front of a lacquer screen decorated with flying birds. On the right is the lap of Juliet Rumsey Stroh (head out ...
Aunt Jeannette and Douglas DeWitt
1929
Toddler Douglas DeWitt is playing in the sandbox, while Aunt Jeannette Holt is watching him. Caption reads: "Aunt Jeannette and Douglas."
Jeannette Holt's Bassinet
1896
Circular-framed view of Jeannette Holt's bassinet with blanket on a chair at home. A woman wearing a long dress can be seen from the shoulders down standing on the right. A dark-colored curtain is ...
The Electric
July 24, 1913
The entire Holt family, except photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt, is squeezing into the car. Lucy Rumsey Holt was the principal driver of this electric car. Names from left to right: Alfred Holt, Elean...
