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Minnie Vent in the Kitchen
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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 cabinets and drawers are visible. A large tin of Huntley and Palmers biscuits is sitting on the counter. A radiator is standing on the floor in front of a window, which is covered by a shade. Kitchen utensils are hanging from nails above the counter.
1914
Holt, Lucy
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The Two Dons
December 12, 1918
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 ...
Lucy Rumsey Holt at her Desk
May 1914
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 walls are covered with floral wallpaper. A boo...
Toboggan Slide in Backyard
February 6, 1914
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 toboggan. Several others are also waiting ...
Mr. Ferguson and the Turtle
August 4, 1914
View towards Mr. Ferguson who is standing on a pier holding a rope with either a mud turtle, or a snapping turtle, tied to it. Behind him on the shoreline is a group of people. Among them, second f...
Looking Down the Toboggan Slide
February 6, 1914
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.
Holt Lumber Company
1910
View from the Oconto River of the Holt Lumber Company. A man is standing on a log boom and guiding logs to the sawmill. Writing on the postcard reads: "Holt Lumber Co., Oconto, Wis."
