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Arrival at Island Lodge on Lake Archibald

Date: 08 24 1898
Description: A group of Holt family members and guests is arriving at the Island on Archibald Lake, with lumberjacks from Holt Lumber Company rowing the boats. The man ...
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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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Jeannie Schauers on Shore of Archibald Lake

Date: 1899
Description: Jeannie Schauers is standing on wooden planks near a pier on the shoreline of Archibald Lake. A rowboat is pulled up on the shoreline on the left.
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Children Bathing in Archibald Lake

Date: 1901
Description: A group of children, supervised by adults, is playing at the bathing beach on Archibald Lake. On the shore is a tent with a woman sitting inside. Caption r...
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Toddler Eleanor Holt on the Shore of Archibald Lake

Date: 08 1902
Description: Toddler Eleanor Holt, carrying a pail, and Minnie May Rumsey are walking on the path away from Archibald Lake.
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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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Black-berry Picking Across the Generations

Date: 08 27 1909
Description: A group of twelve people is standing in the woods holding berry pails. Three generations are represented. Grant Stroh is in the center with a child in fron...
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Picnic at Middle Lake

Date: 08 16 1910
Description: Children, dressed in casual clothes, are walking across the trunk of a fallen tree on the shore of Middle Lake. Alfred Holt is the second child from the le...
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Digging a Hole for a Flag Pole

Date: 1910
Description: With shovels in hand, a man, woman, and boy are digging a hole in the ground for a flag pole. One young man is holding the pole in place with two hands. A...
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Two Women and Two Girls Under the Trees

Date: 1912
Description: Two women and two girls are standing together under the trees and looking down into a large bucket. The girl on the left with a bow in her hair may be Jean...
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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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Playing with a Long Log in Archibald Lake

Date: 1913
Description: View across water towards a line of Holt children and others who are playing with a long log in Archibald Lake in front of the Bath House. Jeannette Holt i...
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Reading Circle at the Hermit

Date: 1906
Description: View across water towards members of the Reading Circle, including one woman and six children. The "H," made of birch branches, marks the location as being...
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Departure of W.A. Holt after Two Weeks

Date: 09 1906
Description: Standing in the center of the Islander steam launch on Archibald Lake, W.A. Holt is wearing a sea captain's hat. Friends and family are going with W...
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Jumping or Diving off Wooden Diving Board in Archibald Lake

Date: 1921
Description: Elevated view through trees towards a man preparing to dive or jump off a wooden diving board, mounted on a barge, into Archibald Lake. Waiting his turn, a...
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Holts and Garrisons Roasting Corn

Date: 1922
Description: A group of Holts and Garrisons are roasting corn around a smoking campfire on the Island, with Archibald Lake in the background. W.A. Holt is on the far le...
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Henry Rumsey's Boat House

Date: 08 1922
Description: View of Henry Rumsey's boat house, which is built of logs. An American flag is flying from the flagpole at the front of the boathouse.
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Gordon and Lillian Wheeler by Archibald Lake

Date: 08 1923
Description: Standing together on a windy day (L to R) are: Blanche Unknown, Gordon Wheeler, Lillian Wheeler and Jane MacIdorney(?), with her arm around Lillian Wheeler...
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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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On the Deck Overlooking Archibald Lake

Date: 08 1925
Description: Three young adults are on the deck over looking Archibald Lake. Tall white pine trees are visible. Names from left to right: {Unknown}, Lillian Wheeler (?)...

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