Photograph
Sailing on Geneva Lake
| Alma Schmidt Petersen controls the sheets on a small sailboat. Her husband, William F. Petersen, sits aft. The child between them is unidentified. The sail has red and white stripes. In the far background is a tree-lined shoreline. The boat, the "Rhana," was a fishing boat brought from Norway to Lake Geneva in 1937. |
| Image ID: | 115585 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1945 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Lake Geneva |
| County: | Walworth |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Black Point Estate and Seipp Family Papers |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | transparency, color |
| Original Format Number: | Black Point Estate.22.45 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2 x 2 inches |
| The Petersens were owners of Black Point Estate; their son, William O. Petersen donated the estate to the State of Wisconsin in 2005. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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