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Boats Heading Out
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Three boats, each filled with people, are leaving the pier. Two household employees, wearing aprons and standing on the pier, are watching the boats depart. The wooden boathouse, with the "Islander" inside, is on the left.
1916
Holt, Lucy
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Group portrait of four household employees posing in front of the door of a cabin.
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Fishing Party
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The Last Shortcake
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This a portrait of the Island Lodge cook Mrs. Schauers (left) and another household employee displaying a fine culinary work of art: a shortcake topped with berries.
The Islander Steam Launch at the Dock on Archibald Lake
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