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Building the Retreat for Lucy Holt

Date: 1916
Description: View from hill looking towards three men on the roof while building The Retreat. There is a tall ladder against a tree on the right. Archibald Lake is in ...
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Group Portrait of Household Employees

Date: 1916
Description: Group portrait of four household employees posing in front of the door of a cabin.
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Fishing Trip

Date: 1916
Description: A group of men are standing in front of the Holt family home on Main Street. Several of the men are holding fishing poles, and they appear ready to go on a...
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Snake!

Date: 1916
Description: Three men are displaying a very long snake. Names from left to right: W.A. Holt, Rev. Ernest Wright, and W.M. Comstock. Caption reads: "Snake!"
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Delivering Ice

Date: 02 17 1917
Description: Four horses are pulling the flat bed wagon loaded with ice bricks. One of the men is holding the reins to the horses, and the other man is standing with hi...
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Robert Thurston Canoeing

Date: 1917
Description: Robert Thurston is canoeing on Archibald Lake amidst some shoreline grasses. The Ark cottage on the Island is in the background on the right.
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Drafted Men

Date: 06 1918
Description: View of a parade. Caption reads: "Drafted men."
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Strawberries and First Long Trousers

Date: 06 15 1918
Description: Donald Holt, who is 16 years old, is wearing his first long trousers, marking the transition from boyhood to manhood. He is taking a strawberry that Mrs. W...
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Lucy and W.A. Holt Family

Date: 1918
Description: A casual portrait of the Lucy and W.A. Holt family. Standing from left to right: Alfred Holt in military uniform, Jeannette Holt, Lucy Rumsey Holt, W.A. Ho...
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In the Woods

Date: 08 30 1918
Description: Wearing a hat and scarf, an unknown woman is sitting on the ground in the woods, looking at the camera. To her right, amidst ferns and plants, Lucy Rumsey ...
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Repairing the Road

Date: 09 10 1918
Description: It appears that a set of logs was just placed on the dirt road between an automobile and a horse-drawn carriage, possibly to fix a rut. While squatting by ...
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Boats Heading Out

Date: 1916
Description: Three boats, each filled with people, are leaving the pier. Two household employees, wearing aprons and standing on the pier, are watching the boats depart...
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After Arbutus

Date: 1916
Description: The group of people with sn automobile appears to be coming home after an outing, possibly to the Arbutus Mineral Spring in Oconto. W.A. Holt is opening th...
Postcard

Holt Lumber Company

Date: 1910
Description: View from the Oconto River of the Holt Lumber Company. A man is standing on a log boom and guiding logs to the sawmill. Writing on the postcard reads: "Hol...
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Eight Holt and Stroh Cousins

Date: 07 30 1910
Description: Eight cousins from the Holt and Stroh families are standing arm-in-arm at the depot. Caption reads: "Eight Cousins." Names from left to right: Margaret Str...
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Birch Bark Gang

Date: 1910
Description: After gathering birch bark, a group of children and an adult are returning to Island Lodge. One boy is pushing a wheelbarrow. Caption reads: "Birch bark ga...
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German Dinner at the Ark

Date: 08 27 1910
Description: Group portrait of Holt and Wheeler children who are dressed in costumes to resemble young Germans. One boy, sitting on the floor in front, is pretending to...
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Lucy Rumsey Holt Driving a Car

Date: 1910
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt driving a car. Her father Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War veteran, is sitting on the passenger side. Men are standing in front of the Hol...
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On the Seesaw

Date: 1910
Description: Grandfather Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War veteran, is standing next to the wooden seesaw. Grandchildren Donald Holt (left) and Alfred Holt (right) are s...
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Just Starting for Lake Forest

Date: 04 06 1911
Description: Dressed in traveling clothes, Lucy Rumsey Holt is standing by the railroad tracks at the Lakewood Station. Caption reads: "Just Starting for Lake Forest."

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