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Seeing Niagara Wisconsin

Date: 1892
Description: Standing with the Menominee River in the background, Mary Mathilda Axtell Rumsey and her family posing for a picture. Names from left to right: Mary Mathil...
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Doug DeWitt at the Drums

Date: 1942
Description: Doug DeWitt is sitting behind the drums. The words "Rhythm Wreckers" are printed on the drum face. Behind Doug DeWitt, on a shelf, are several things: a re...
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Read Me a Story

Date: 1903
Description: A studio portrait of mother (Lucy Rumsey Holt) and daughter (Eleanor Holt). Looking up, Eleanor Holt appears to be asking her mother to read her a story. T...
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Outdoor Hymn Sing

Date: 1916
Description: Jeannette Holt is sitting and playing the organ during a hymn sing on the Island. Family and friends are gathered around her. Names from left to right: Mar...
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Church Music on Porch at Island Lodge

Date: 1916
Description: Arch McClure, on the left, is Holding a book and standing behind the home-made wooden podium that is decorated with flowers. A group of musicians is playin...
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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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