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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a butter and cheese factory with a brick smokestack. Monroe Done. — fix cataloging, add captions to description. Caption reads: "Butter & ... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Color illustration of a road with roadside flowers and fall foliage in the trees. Buildings are in the distance. Caption reads: "Greetings from Hayes, Haye... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | View across front lawn towards the historic Beyer Home. The front porch wraps around the side of the house to the left, there is a three-story tower room a... |
| Date: | 10 1970 |
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| Description: | Two people are walking down a dirt path lined with trees turning fall colors. |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | View across street towards vines covering the walls of the two-story brick factory building housing the Oconto Knitting Mills. A painted sign on the buildi... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the railroad depot at 189 Chicago Street. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | With ax in hand, Wallace Rumsey is standing on a gigantic fallen tree. Caption reads: "Wallace — Chopper." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | 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 ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of Island Lodge, with a front porch on the left, and a screened-in porch on the right. Lucy Rumsey Holt and Arthur Dana Wheeler are ... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Anna Holt Wheeler riding sidesaddle on the horse named Dick, with her husband Arthur Dana Wheeler walking behind her. Caption reads: "Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler ... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Mother Lucy Holt is paddling the canoe on Archibald Lake with baby daughter Eleanor Holt on board. Another woman, probably a household employee, is standin... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A group of children, supervised by adults, is playing at the bathing beach on Archibald Lake. On the shore is a tent with a woman sitting inside. Caption r... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the Hermit Cottage, which has a four poster rustic birch bed, bedside table, and a decorative rug hanging from the rear birch post. The... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | View of the big fireplace ablaze at Island Lodge on Archibald Lake, with screen and andirons. There are various handmade wooden objects on the mantel. On t... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Under a tent, three men are eating a meal prepared by cook Bob Morris, who is standing beside the table. In the foreground is a tree stump which is loaded ... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women are eating a meal under a tent. Tableware and utensils are on the tree stump in the foreground. Names from left to right: Lucy Rum... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | An American flag and Islander flag flying on a flag pole at the island. Trees and Archibald Lake are in the background. Caption reads: "Long may it ... |
| Date: | 08 1902 |
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| Description: | Toddler Eleanor Holt, carrying a pail, and Minnie May Rumsey are walking on the path away from Archibald Lake. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | A close-up of Wallace Rumsey rowing on Archibald Lake. Photo album page heading reads: "The recreations of Uncle Wallace." |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Wallace Donelson Rumsey, the photographer's younger brother, is doing a back flip dive off a raft into Archibald Lake. He was named after Civil War General... |
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