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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: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Exterior view library. Caption reads: "Farnsworth Public Library, Oconto, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Main Street looking west. Horse-drawn buggy on street. Caption reads: "Main Street, Looking West, Oconto, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Main Street, looking east, people standing on sidewalk and horse-drawn carriages on street. Signs on one building read: "City Meat Market." Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Oconto River, looking north. Caption reads: "Scene on Oconto River, Looking North, Oconto, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View along right side terrace, looking down tree-lined West Main Street. Houses are on the left side. Along the curb on the right a woman is standing besid... |
| Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin |
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| Date: | 11 1900 |
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| Description: | Sitting in a wicker rocking chair at the Holt family home, Grandfather I.P. Rumsey is holding baby granddaughter Eleanor Holt who is swaddled in a blanket.... |
| Date: | 05 08 1901 |
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| Description: | Jeannette Holt is posing with her doll who is sitting in a wicker baby carriage. In the background are the stairs leading up to the Holt family home. Capti... |
| Date: | 07 1901 |
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| Description: | A photomontage of baby Eleanor Holt. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Four mini-portraits of Baby Eleanor Holt. |
| Date: | 06 1902 |
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| Description: | This portrait of Alfred Holt shows his long curls. Caption reads: "Alfred — June 1902 — 4 1/2 years." |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | W.A. Holt and Rev. John Robertson Macartney are escorting the Holt children home from Sunday School. Names from left to right: W.A. Holt, Alfred Holt, Jean... |
| Date: | 07 1902 |
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| Description: | A portrait in the backyard of the Holt family home of Alfred Holt on the day he got his curls cut. Sitting on the rocking horse, Alfred is wearing a leathe... |
| 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: | 09 1902 |
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| Description: | Looking at the camera, Alfred Holt is holding up a big potato, possibly a double potato. Younger sister Eleanor Holt is standing to the right of Alfred Hol... |
| Date: | 09 1902 |
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| Description: | Minnie May Rumsey is sitting on a swing with niece Eleanor in her lap. There are trees in the background. |
| Date: | 11 1903 |
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| Description: | W.A. Holt and three children posing for a group portrait in the horse-drawn sleigh on Thanksgiving. Holding the reins, Alfred Holt is sitting next to his f... |
| Date: | 04 1903 |
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| Description: | Fred Phelps is driving a small wagon with a team of dogs on the wooden sidewalk in Oconto. Eleanor and Alfred Holt are the passengers. Looking at the camer... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| 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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