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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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Mr. and Mrs. Delbridge in Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1905
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Delbridge, with a group of people, are riding in a horse-drawn wagon on a dirt road. The two horses are wearing leather bridles. Caption reads...
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Church Service on Island Lodge Porch

Date: 1907
Description: Sunday church service is being held on the screened porch at Island Lodge on Archibald Lake. Left to right, front row: Eleanor Holt, Donald Holt. Second ro...
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Holt and Stroh Families on the Front Steps

Date: 1896
Description: The Holt and Stroh families are sitting together on the front steps of the Holts' home. On the left, W.A. Holt is holding his daughter Jeannette with her d...
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Jeannette, Harriet, and Margaret Playing Together

Date: 1897
Description: Cousins Jeannette Holt (left), Harriet Stroh (center), and Margaret (right) Stroh are playing in the backyard of the Holt home. W.A. Holt is crouching down...
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In the Holt Family Backyard

Date: 1897
Description: Cousins Jeannette Holt (left) and either Harriet or Margaret Stroh (right) are playing in the backyard under the supervision of grandmother Mary Mathilda A...
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Sitting under the Canopy in Oconto

Date: 1899
Description: Shaded by a striped canopy, three women are sitting together and smiling in the Holt family backyard. Wearing aprons, the woman on the left and the woman w...
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Paper Lanterns at McCauslin Brook

Date: 1902
Description: A group of young men and women are visiting McCauslin Brook. Standing on the tree trunk, W.A. Holt is holding a paper lantern. The woman, standing next to ...
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Baby Jeannette Holt with Extended Family

Date: 1896
Description: A group of Holt and Rumsey family members (3 generations) and others are gathered on the porch of The Evergreens, the Rumsey estate, to see baby Jeannette ...
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Portrait of the Lucy and W.A. Holt Family

Date: 09 15 1917
Description: Lucy and W.A. Holt and their four children are posing on the steps of a house. Holt family members (clockwise from left to right) are: Donald Holt, Eleanor...
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Alfred Holt and Madeleine Wood Spoof

Date: 07 1920
Description: Alfred Holt and Madeleine Wood are outside on a sunny day. She is standing and holding a pose that suggests dancing. He is sitting in a wooden chair with h...
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50th Anniversary Portrait of I.P. and Mary Rumsey

Date: 1920
Description: Wearing formal attire, Captain I.P. Rumsey and Mary Axtell Rumsey are standing together by a window. Caption reads: "50th Anniversary."
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Teachers Alfred Holt and Madeleine Wood Holt in China

Date: 1921
Description: Teachers Alfred Holt and Madeleine Wood Holt are standing together in front of a building, possibly in Guangdong (Canton), China.
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Lima Beans for Dinner

Date: 08 1905
Description: Children are shelling lima beans on the porch at Island Lodge. Names from left to right on the porch: Jeannette Holt, Eleanor Holt, Donald Holt, and Harrie...
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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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Grant Stroh with a String of Fish

Date: 08 1931
Description: Standing on a sandy beach on the Island at Archibald Lake, Grant Stroh is holding up a string of fish. To the left of Stroh, a young woman, possibly his da...
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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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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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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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Crystal Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1910
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt and W.A. Holt's 25th wedding anniversary. Three generations are present. A cake decorated with flowers is on display in front of Lucy and ...

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