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Two Clergymen Fishing on Archibald Lake
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Two clergymen and one boy are sitting in a clinker-built duck boat on Archibald Lake. The clergyman on the left is holding a long cane pole. The clergyman on the right is holding up a fish. Photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt (out of frame) is sitting in a rowboat with an oar in the oarlock in the left foreground. Caption reads: "Two of the clergy... fishing."
1900
Holt, Lucy
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Ellen Holt and Mr. Delbridge in Boats on Archibald Lake
1905
View from boat across water towards a group of five out in two boats on Archibald Lake. On the left, Harriet Stroh is rowing while Ellen Holt is sitting and watching her, and in the front of the bo...
Holt Children Fishing and Canoeing in Archibald Lake
1905
Wearing a dress, Donald Holt is fishing, using a wooden pole, in Archibald Lake. Alfred Holt is paddling a canoe. Eleanor Holt is standing next to Donald on the pier and watching Alfred.
Helen Pool and James McClure Canoeing on Archibald Lake
1903
Helen Pool and James McClure are sitting in a canoe on Archibald Lake. McClure is holding a paddle. On the left is the pier. In the foreground, on the right is the oar of a docked boat we can’t see...
George Holt Paddling a Boat on Archibald Lake
1898
View across the water towards George Holt paddling a clinker-built duck boat on Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "At sea."
Annie McClure and her Fish
1899
Annie McClure is standing in a boat showing the fish she caught on Archibald Lake. There is a pier on the left, and a tree-lined shore is in the background. Caption reads: "Annie McClure."
George Holt Under the "H"
1907
In the foreground is the bow of the Islander steam launch. George Holt, sitting in a clinker-built duck boat just beyond the launch, is holding the paddle with two hands. Above him, nailed to the t...
