Photograph
The Wheeler Family Setting Off from the Ark Dock
| View from the Island shoreline towards Anna Holt Wheeler and husband Arthur Dana Wheeler, with children Gordon and Lillian, all sitting in a rowboat at the Ark dock, with Hermit Island in the background. Arthur and Gordon are holding oars. Lillian is sitting in her mother's lap. Two empty boats are docked to the end of the pier. There is a tree on the right, in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Wheeler Family — Their Pier." |
| Image ID: | 138375 |
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| Creation Date: | 09 1908 |
| Creator Name: | Holt, Lucy |
| City: | Townsend |
| County: | Oconto |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Lucy Holt photo albums, 1895-1936 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M2018-012, Album 2 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4.25 x 3.5 inches |
| Anna Holt Wheeler is the sister of W.A. Holt. According to Shan Holt, great granddaughter of Lucy Holt, in August 2018, "Arthur and Anna (Holt) Wheeler built the Ark in 1905. I confess I don’t know when they sold it to Don (Sr.) and Elizabeth (Dorsey) Holt, my grandparents." |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Hats |
| Children |
| Family |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Boats and boating |
| Rowing |
| Piers |
| Lakes |
| Shorelines |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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