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Decoration Day
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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 foreground.
May 30, 1912
Holt, Lucy
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Playing Flinch
February 8, 1912
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 -...
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 ...
David Rumsey and Spotty
January 1915
On the carpeted floor, David Rumsey is leaning on Spotty the dog, possibly in the home of Lucy and W.A. Holt.
Adoring Baby Jeannette Holt
July 25, 1896
Three of Lucy Rumsey Holt bridesmaids and her mother Mary Mathilda Axtell Rumsey are adoring baby Jeannette Holt. This picture was taken on Lucy and W.A. Holt's first wedding anniversary. From left...
Raising the Flag at Grandfather's House
July 4, 1912
At the home of Civil War Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the group is raising the American flag on Independence Day. Names from left to right: Lucy Rumsey Holt, W.A. Holt, Eleanor Holt, Captain I.P....
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...
