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Homeward Bound

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of adults and two children standing next to Island Lodge, just before heading home. In the center is Jim McClure, holding a fishing pole. On...
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A Safe Swim for Baby Eleanor

Date: 1901
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...
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Lucy and W.A. Holt Eating Berries Together

Date: 1904
Description: Looking at each other, Lucy and W.A. Holt are eating berries together. Bertha {Unknown} is sitting to the right of Lucy Holt. One boy is sitting on a falle...
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Island Lodge Porch

Date: 1904
Description: View of Island Lodge, with a front porch on the left, and a screened-in porch on the right. A woman, possibly Lucy Holt, is standing on the porch.
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Three Sisters with the "H" They Made

Date: 1906
Description: Three wood workers are showing the "H" which they made out of birch logs. From left to right: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey and possibly Juliet Rumsey Stroh...
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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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Lucy Rumsey Holt Rowing on Archibald Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Amateur photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt is rowing on Archibald Lake. Due to advances in mobile photography, Holt was able to take many of her photos out in t...
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Jeannette Holt Raising American Flag

Date: 1902
Description: The American flag, twisted around the wooden pole on the Island, is the focal point this picture. Lucy and W.A. Holt with their children are standing to th...
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Driving the Horse and Carriage

Date: 1896
Description: Holding the whip, Lucy Rumsey Holt is driving the carriage with Minnie May Rumsey sitting beside her. The Evergreens, the Rumsey estate is in the backgroun...
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Lucy and W.A. Holt Standing Together Outside

Date: 1918
Description: Lucy and W.A. Holt, wife and husband, are looking at each other while standing on the lawn with trees, shrubs, and a building in the background. Lucy Holt ...
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Nature Walk in Kindergarten

Date: 1918
Description: A Woodward Avenue School kindergarten teacher is showing a tree leaf or seed to her students during a walk in a natural area. Most of the students are look...
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25th Anniversary Portrait of Lucy and W.A. Holt

Date: 07 1920
Description: Marking their 25th wedding anniversary, Lucy and W.A. Holt are standing close together and posing for a portrait outdoors. Lucy Rumsey Holt may be wearing ...
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Filling in the Shoreline

Date: 1924
Description: A small group is filling in part of the Archibald Lake shoreline with branches to protect the point from erosion. Names from left to right: Pete Blanchard,...
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Arthur and Barbara Holt at the Gate

Date: 1925
Description: Arthur Holt (far right) is pushing his head through the hemlock gate. Sister Barbara is watching him. Lillian Wheeler (?) is looking at Barbara. A small wo...
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Baby Douglas Holt DeWitt on W.A. Holt's Knee

Date: 1928
Description: Baby Douglas Holt DeWitt is on Grandpa W.A. Holt's knees. Sitting on the picnic blanket and looking at Douglas are {Unknown} (l) and Eleanor Holt DeWitt (r...
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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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Holts, Strohs, Buswells, Wheelers and More

Date: 1916
Description: The Holts, Strohs, Buswells, and Wheelers are standing on the Holt pier at Archibald Lake. The Island is in the background. Names from left to right: Donal...
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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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Raising the Flag at Grandfather's House

Date: 07 04 1912
Description: At the home of Civil War Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the group is raising the American flag on Independence Day. Names from left to right: Lucy Rumsey H...
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New Waverly

Date: 04 09 1911
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt is driving her new electric car with her husband, W.A. Holt, who is sitting in the passenger seat.

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