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Toboggan Slide in Backyard

Date: 02 06 1914
Description: A group of children and adults is on the wooden toboggan slide in the backyard of the Lucy and W.A. Holt home. One person on the top platform is holding a ...
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Looking Down the Toboggan Slide

Date: 02 06 1914
Description: View of the backyard toboggan slide from the second floor of the Lucy and W.A. Holt home. Several people are in the snow at the bottom of the wooden slide.
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Lucy Rumsey Holt at her Desk

Date: 05 1914
Description: With her side to the camera, Lucy Rumsey Holt is sitting at her desk in her bedroom. Sunlight is streaming in from the window on the left. The bedroom wall...
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Minnie Vent in the Kitchen

Date: 1914
Description: Looking at the camera, Minnie Vent is standing in the kitchen in front of the sink. Sunlight is streaming in from the window above the sink. Kitchen cabine...
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New Waverly

Date: 04 09 1911
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt is driving her new electric car with her husband, W.A. Holt, who is sitting in the passenger seat.
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The Kaiser's Coffin

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: The Armistice Day parade is heading down Main Street. This float shows German Kaiser Wilhelm II's coffin. A group of joyful men and woman are riding on the...
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Return of Company M — 32nd Red Arrow Boys

Date: 05 16 1919
Description: View across lawn towards the parade down Main Street, celebrating the return of the 32nd Infantry Division, Company M after WWI. A car is in the parade, fo...
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Swimmers on the Pier

Date: 08 1919
Description: A group of eight swimmers are hanging out together at the Holt pier on Archibald Lake. A girl in the foreground is floating in a wash tub. The young men ar...
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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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Big Flood in Oconto

Date: 04 10 1922
Description: Two women are walking through floodwaters from the Oconto River. A horse-drawn carriage with its wheels halfway underwater is in the background near the Oc...
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Reverend and W. Wright William and Robert

Date: 1922
Description: Rev. Ernest W. Wright and Rheua Nickey Wright are sitting on the running board of the car with sons William and Robert. The car has snow chains on the tire...
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The Picnic

Date: 08 21 1922
Description: W.A. Holt and three of his adult children are picnicking under birch trees on the shore of Archibald Lake. From left to right: Jeannette Holt, wearing f...
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Big Icicles at Camp 1

Date: 12 27 1923
Description: A group is visiting one of the Holt Lumber Camps on a winter day. Each person is holding a large icicle. Names from left to right: Unknown, Eleanor Holt, U...
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Island Lodge Pastime

Date: 1918
Description: View from the lake of Miss Ransom washing clothes by hand, using lake water. Beside her on the pier is an enamel metal wash bowl. Archibald Lake is in the ...
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Fish on the Hook

Date: 1932
Description: A woman standing on a shoreline is showing the fish she caught on the hook with the cane pole. A wooden canoe is beached beside her on the sand.
Postcard

Catholic Church

Date: 05 10 1913
Description: Group portrait of the congregation in front of the church. The church is clapboard with stained glass windows and a belfry. Caption reads: "Catholic Church...
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Agnes and Steve's Resort

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Agnes and Steve's Resort on Wheeler Flowage, Townsend, Wis." A bar with a sign on the roof that reads: "Agnes and Steve's Bar". Signs...

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