Photograph
Train Pulling in to Zenda
| Ernst Schmidt has captioned this photograph, "The C. M. & St. P. train arriving at Zenda at 10:30 A. M. on Sunday, April 12. Alma, Edward and Conrad came up on that train." The steam engine is approaching the Zenda Lumber Company; there is a freight car on the siding. An unpaved road crosses the tracks and another runs alongside the tracks. There is a house in the background on the left. |
| Image ID: | 118412 |
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| Creation Date: | 04 12 1931 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Zenda |
| County: | Walworth |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Black Point Estate and Seipp Family Papers |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | Black Point Estate.43.151 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6 x 3.5 inches |
| Zenda is a small town just south of Lake Geneva and north of the Illinois state line. Alma was Ernst's sister, Alma Schmidt Petersen; Edward and Conrad were her two older sons. They may have been arriving for their summer stay at Black Point. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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