Photograph
At the Farmhouse
| Members of the Petersen family gathered for a meal at the farmhouse, also referred to as the Baker house, at Black Point Estate. The room is open to the rafters and the walls are wood paneled. A typed label on the reverse of the photograph reads, "Seated Judy Bartholomay, Alma Petersen, Baby Edward Goltra, Catherine Goltra, Katherine Lefens. Standing Edward Petersen, Hans Reese, Wm. O. Petersen at the farm house April 27, 1968." Ernst Schmidt, Alma Petersen's brother, used the farmhouse as a second home. |
| Image ID: | 115617 |
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| Creation Date: | 04 27 1968 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Lake Geneva |
| County: | Walworth |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Black Point Estate and Seipp Family Papers |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, color |
| Original Format Number: | Black Point Estate.22.59 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Catherine Petersen Goltra and her husband, Peter Goltra, were distant cousins. Both were descendants of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. Peter was the great-great-grandson of Seipp with his first wife, Maria Teutsch. Catherine was the great-great-granddaughter of Seipp with his second wife, Catherine Orb. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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