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Grant Stroh with Pickerel from Little Horn Lake

Date: 1898
Description: Grant Stroh posing with a big pickerel in front of Island Lodge. Caption reads: "Pickerel from Little Horn Lake 39 inches — Grant Stroh."
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Annie McClure and Jeannette Holt Looking at Bird's Nest

Date: 1898
Description: Annie McClure is holding Jeannette Holt while looking at a bird's nest in a tree. Archibald Lake is in the background. Caption reads: "A Birds Nest — Annie...
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Now Look Enthusiastic

Date: 1898
Description: W.A. Holt is showing off the perch he caught. Names from left to right are: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey, I.P. Rumsey, W.A. Holt and Bertha {unknown}. Capt...
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Faun at Peshtigo Brook Farm

Date: 09 1899
Description: The faun, standing up on its hind legs, is taking food from a man holding a cooking pot at Peshtigo Brook Farm. In the background is a building with an ope...
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Two Clergymen Fishing on Archibald Lake

Date: 1900
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 ...
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Dr. Hoover and Rev. John Robertson Macartney with Pickeral at Maiden Lake

Date: 1903
Description: At Maiden Lake, Dr. Hoover (left) and Rev. John Robertson Macartney (right) are holding a pole with a large pickeral, the size of a boy, hanging from it. P...
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Horse-Drawn Wagon Ride

Date: 1904
Description: A group of six are riding in a wagon drawn by two horses on a dirt path along the shore of Barn Pond. Nathan McClure is sitting in the front seat on the le...
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Lillian Wheeler Sitting Astride the Horse

Date: 1911
Description: Looking at the camera, a girl, possibly Lillian Wheeler, is holding the reigns and sitting astride a horse. She is wearing a dress with pants underneath, a...
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The Champion Frogger

Date: 1915
Description: View of a girl holding several frogs by their legs. She presumably caught the frogs in the nearby wetland. Her sun hat is shading part of her face. Archiba...
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W.A. Holt Reading Aloud Outside to the Holt Children and Others

Date: 08 10 1913
Description: It is a Wednesday in the middle of August. Standing in the woods on the Island, W.A. Holt is reading aloud, possibly scripture or a children's sermon. A gr...
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Holt Family Dog

Date: 08 1923
Description: In the foreground, the Holt family dog, an English Cocker Spaniel, is looking up at freshly-caught fish on a stringer held by a man standing behind with a ...
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Donald Holt and Sketch

Date: 08 1925
Description: The Holt family dog, a Spaniel named Sketch, is chewing on something that Donald Holt is holding. An outdoor bench, made of birch wood, is in the backgroun...
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Grant Stroh with a String of Fish

Date: 08 1931
Description: Standing on a sandy beach on the Island at Archibald Lake, Grant Stroh is holding up a string of fish. To the left of Stroh, a young woman, possibly his da...
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Mr. Ferguson and the Turtle

Date: 08 04 1914
Description: View towards Mr. Ferguson who is standing on a pier holding a rope with either a mud turtle, or a snapping turtle, tied to it. Behind him on the shoreline ...
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Swimmers on the Pier

Date: 08 1917
Description: Sitting in front of the bath house, bathers are dangling their feet in Archibald Lake. A young man is sunbathing on the roof. A woman is standing in the ba...
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Gathered around the Islander Flag

Date: 07 26 1918
Description: Most of the Lucy and W.A. Holt family are gathered around the Islander flag, which appears to be new. All of the children are present except Alfred Holt. T...
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Gordon Wheeler and Queenie

Date: 08 1918
Description: A Collie named Queenie, the Wheeler's dog, appears to be whispering in Gordon Wheeler's ear.
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Gordon Wheeler and His Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Gordon Wheeler is sitting on the ground in a clearing by a wooded area with his Collie named Queenie. Caption reads: "Gordon Wheeler and Queenie."
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Spotty Gets a Bath

Date: 1911
Description: The children are giving a bath to the Holt family dog named Spotty who is standing in a wash tub. Philip Smith is laying his hand on Spotty's back. Alfred ...
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Jeannette Holt and Spot on Exhibition

Date: 1912
Description: Jeannette Holt is holding on Spot up on its hind legs in front of Island Lodge. People are standing on the porch and watching.

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