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The Tree Swing
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During Word War I, a group of soldiers training at Fort Sheridan visited the home of W.A. Holt's parents. The Holt family entertained the soldiers. Lillian Wheeler is showing the tree swing to one of the soldiers. Many trees and a building are in the background.
July 1917
Holt, Lucy
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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...
The Cousins
June 1908
The Holt and Stroh children are posing for a group portrait in the yard of "The Evergreens," home of Lucy Rumsey Holt's parents. Names from back to front: Margaret Stroh, Harriet Stroh, Jeannette H...
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 ...
Adoring Baby Jeannette Holt
July 25, 1896
Three of Lucy Rumsey Holt bridesmaids and her mother Mary Mathilda Axtell Rumsey are adoring baby Jeannette Holt. This picture was taken on Lucy and W.A. Holt's first wedding anniversary. From left...
W.A. Holt by a Fruit Tree
1916
W.A. Holt is standing a field holding onto a fruit tree.
Alfred Holt Wagging
July 1899
Alfred Holt is leaning on a toy wagon with wooden wheels at grandmother Holt's home, which was known as "The Homestead." The address of the Devillo and Ellen Holt home, a symmetrical Italianate vil...
