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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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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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On the Front Porch of the Ark Cottage

Date: 1911
Description: A small group is gathered on the screened porch of the Ark cottage. Anna Holt Wheeler is standing in the doorway, looking at the camera and holding a handi...
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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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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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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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Portrait of Household Employees in front of Cook's Cabin

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of five women, who are household employees, standing together in front of the original Cook’s Cabin, which burned down following a lightning...
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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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Harvesting Grapes

Date: 1909
Description: A group of women and children are standing in front of the porch at Island Lodge. From left to right: Jeannette Holt smiling and holding a bundle of vines ...
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A Private Moment

Date: 1918
Description: Sitting close together on the floor of the Island Lodge porch, a young man and young woman are hiding their faces from the camera with a hat or towel.
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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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Toddler Barbara Holt Laughing on the Beach

Date: 08 1925
Description: View from Archibald Lake of toddler Barbara Holt who is sitting on the beach and laughing. Her feet are in water. Aunt Jeannette Holt, wearing a headscarf,...
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Ready for the Summer Rain

Date: 1936
Description: A man and a woman, probably Eleanor Holt DeWitt and Donald Soule DeWitt, are standing together, wearing rain ponchos and wide-brimmed hats. Trees and Archi...
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Landing at Picnic Island

Date: 08 1914
Description: Looking at the camera, G.F. Loomis is sitting in the front of boat, on the far left. In total, there are 4 boats arriving at Picnic Island on Archibald Lak...
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A Meal Together

Date: 1911
Description: A view of a Holt family lunch or dinner on the porch at Island Lodge. W.A. Holt is sitting at the far end of the table, and Lucy Rumsey Holt is sitting at ...
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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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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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Holt Family Portrait

Date: 08 1913
Description: The family is posing on the screen porch at Island Lodge. Eleanor Holt, wearing a leg brace, is sitting on the fringed hammock with her maternal grandfathe...
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The American Flag

Date: 07 29 1920
Description: It is time to raise or lower the American Flag by members of the Holt family during their stay on the Island at Archibald Lake.
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Blackberries

Date: 08 13 1921
Description: A group of berry pickers, standing in front of Island Lodge, are showing their harvest. Names from left to right: Unknown, Unknown, Elizabeth Stroh, Don De...

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