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The Two Dons
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Title reads: "The Two Dons" for Donald Holt and Donald DeWitt. Donald Holt is standing on the left. He and another boy are carrying the box filled with wood scraps. The third boy is sitting on the wood pile in the background.
December 12, 1918
Holt, Lucy
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WHi 146907
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Holt Children and Others Carrying Wood
August 1905
A group portrait of children carrying newly split wood in their arms. Alfred Holt, wearing glasses, is sitting on a pile of wood in a small wagon. Donald Holt, wearing bloomers, is second from the ...
Repairing the Road
September 10, 1918
It appears that a set of logs was just placed on the dirt road between an automobile and a horse-drawn carriage, possibly to fix a rut. While squatting by the wicker basket, Phil Smith is handing a...
Baby Douglas Holt DeWitt on W.A. Holt's Knee
1928
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), the mother of baby Douglas. Sitting on ...
The Electric
July 24, 1913
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. Names from left to right: Alfred Holt, Elean...
Lucy and W.A. Holt Family
1918
A casual portrait of the Lucy and W.A. Holt family. Standing from left to right: Alfred Holt in military uniform, Jeannette Holt, Lucy Rumsey Holt, W.A. Holt. Sitting from left to right: Eleanor Ho...
On the Seesaw
1910
Grandfather Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War veteran, is standing next to the wooden seesaw. Grandchildren Donald Holt (left) and Alfred Holt (right) are seesawing. Caption reads: "Donald, Grandfat...
