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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Barnyard scene on the Rollo Shurfelt farm with people milking the cows. Several horses are in the yard as well. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | First Presbyterian Church, which burned in 1890. |
| Date: | 07 09 1895 |
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| Description: | A twenty-acre field of barley on the farm of Chas Parey, with two men standing waist-high in the barley. A hardwood forest lines the edge of the field in t... |
| Date: | 06 10 1955 |
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| Description: | A small group is gathered for the dedication and unveiling of the First Church of Christ, Scientist historical marker in Oconto. Raymond Sivesind, supervis... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Front view of the two-story Queen Anne style home where Lucy and W.A. Holt lived together starting in 1895. The address is 523 Main Street. "A front ver... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Corner view of the Queen Anne style home where Lucy and W.A. Holt lived together, starting in 1895. The address is 523 W. Main Street. There are no trees o... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Jeannette Holt is pulling a toy wooden wagon across the lawn in her backyard while looking over her shoulder back towards the camera. In the far background... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | A group of children are parading down the street on the Fourth of July. The drummer is leading the way. Two girls and one boy are pulling carts with a chil... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Front view of the two-story Queen Anne style home where Lucy and W.A. Holt lived together after their marriage in 1895. The address is 523 Main Street, Oco... |
| Date: | 11 26 1903 |
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| Description: | Alfred Holt is snowshoeing in the backyard of the Holt family home in Oconto. A wood fence and neighboring homes are in the background. Caption reads: "Alf... |
| Date: | 05 1904 |
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| Description: | Miss McDonald, Jeannette Holt, and Alfred Holt are going fishing. Standing on the wooden sidewalk, they are holding long bamboo fishing poles over their sh... |
| Date: | 02 29 1916 |
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| Description: | Atop the winter slide, Lillian Wheeler is positioning herself on the sled. Her mother Anna Holt Wheeler is watching her, and a third person is standing beh... |
| Date: | 02 29 1916 |
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| Description: | Toddler Lillian Wheeler is tobogganing down the snowy chute with her mother Anna Holt Wheeler, and a third person is sitting behind Anna. There is a house ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View of the pump and drinking trough for horses on a triangle of land at the junction of Chicago and Main Streets. The first Christian Science Church build... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View of the sign which gives credit to the Oconto Women's Club for putting in the new drinking fountain for horses at the junction of Main and Chicago Stre... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View of the new stone-hewn drinking fountain for horses at the junction of Chicago and Main Streets. A girl is running in the street toward the camera. Sma... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Looking at the camera, Eleanor Holt and three girlfriends are lying on their stomachs in a yard. Caption reads: "Margaret Doran, Eleanor H, Kathlene Doran,... |
| Date: | 07 24 1913 |
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| Description: | The entire Holt family, except photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt, is squeezing into the car. Lucy Rumsey Holt was the principal driver of this electric car. Na... |
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