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W.A. Holt and Others Eating Meal Under a Tent

Date: 1901
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 ...
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A Good Cook and Several Good Appetites

Date: 1901
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...
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Holt and Stroh Children Sharing a Meal

Date: 1904
Description: Holt and Stroh children are eating a meal together at a table on the porch at Island Lodge. Names on the right side of the table from front to back: Alfred...
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Sunday Dinner at Island Lodge

Date: 08 10 1913
Description: Lucy and W.A. Holt, with their family, the Trowbridge family and others, are sitting on the screened porch at Island Lodge for Sunday dinner. A tablecloth ...
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Shading the Camera in the Woods

Date: 1921
Description: With her face partially shaded by a hat, Jeannette Holt is holding a cast iron frying pan sideways to shade the camera as a young man, sitting at the base ...
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Watermelon Seed Fight

Date: 1916
Description: Jeannette Holt, family and friends are laughing and having a watermelon seed fight in front of Island Lodge. Names from left to right: Jeannette Holt, unkn...
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Two Women on the Kitchen Staff

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of two women wearing aprons, possibly cooks. The woman on the left is holding a platter. The woman on the right is holding a stack of small plates...
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A Meal Together

Date: 1911
Description: A view of a Holt family lunch or dinner on the porch at Island Lodge. W.A. Holt is sitting at the far end of the table, and Lucy Rumsey Holt is sitting at ...
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Good Friends in the Woods

Date: 08 14 1912
Description: Jeannette Holt and two close friends are lying down on their backs on a tarp next to each other in the woods. Younger sister Eleanor Holt is also lying dow...

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