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Clara Seipp

Date: 1883
Description: A standing, full-length studio portrait of Clara Seipp, a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. She is dressed in a dress and coat with hat, muff and gl...
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Alma, Hans and Tessa

Date: 1973
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen, left, poses with her sister, Clara Theresa (Tessa) Schmidt Reese, and brother-in-law Dr. Hans Reese on the shrub-bordered brick driv...
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Edward and Conrad Petersen

Date: 1925
Description: Edward, left, and Conrad Petersen, right, pose while holding hands with an unidentified young woman standing between them. They are on a lawn in front of t...
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Alma, Edward and Conrad Petersen

Date: 05 1925
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen poses with her sons, Conrad, in baby buggy, and Edward, on tricycle, in front of their home at 1322 North Astor Street, in Chicago's ...
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Petersen Boys on the Pier

Date: 1928
Description: Conrad, resting his feet in a baby carriage, and Edward, center, sit on a bench on the pier at Black Point; their younger brother William stands at right. ...
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Conrad Seipp Mansion

Date: 1925
Description: View across street towards a boy and girl standing on the street corner across from the granite mansion built for Conrad Seipp at 3300 South Michigan Avenu...
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Otto L. Schmidt M.D.

Date: 1923
Description: Dr. Otto Schmidt (1863-1935), second from right, poses behind a captain's chair with three other officials of the Inland Lakes Yachting Association (ILYA) ...
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Conrad Seipp Jr.

Date: 1887
Description: A young Conrad Seipp Jr. stands on an oversized chair for a full-length studio portrait. He is wearing a skirt over long stockings, a jacket and white blou...
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Young Woman in Snow

Date: 1875
Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified woman dressed in a winter coat, hat and muff. Her coat has been turned back to reveal the ruffles on the bottom of her s...
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Edward Petersen

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen at home, wearing a smoking jacket with quilted collar and cuffs. He is sitting in a wide doorway, hanging with tasseled draperies, holding ...
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Iceboating

Date: 03 1916
Description: Kurt Ruedebusch and Joe Mills pose in Ernst Schmidt's iceboat on frozen Lake Mendota. Ernst Schmidt was an undergraduate student at the University of Wisco...
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At the Launching

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: A family group poses on the occasion of the launching of the yacht "Mystery" at Geneva Lake. They are, from left, Alma Schmidt Petersen; Alfred Fridolin Ma...
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Ernst in Heidelberg

Date: 03 14 1930
Description: Ernst Schmidt, second from left, on a tour of the ruins of Heidelberg Castle with his guide, left, and two unidentified persons. They are standing in the c...
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William and Alma at Portofino

Date: 02 22 1930
Description: William Conrad Seipp, Jr., left, and his daughter Melita, far right, pose with Alma Schmidt Petersen and her son Conrad at an overlook above Portofino Bay....
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On Madlener's Dock

Date: 09 01 1931
Description: Albert Madlener, in rear with cap, and Ernst Schmidt, third from right, pose with a group of nine women officials of Chicago's Grant Hospital. In a written...
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Emma Schmidt

Date: 05 08 1938
Description: View across water towards Emma Seipp Schmidt walking along the shore path at the estate of Albert Madlener on Geneva Lake. There is stone riprap supporting...
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On the Hakon Jarl

Date: 1965
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen (1894-1989) sits with her son, Conrad William Petersen (1924-2013) on the Norwegian cruise ship M.S. Hakon Jarl. Alma is holdi...
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Petersen Brothers

Date: 1932
Description: Conrad Petersen, far left, tugs on his younger brother William's ear, while posing with a more serious Edward against a stone wall in Eisenach, Germany. Wi...
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: Smoke billowing from windows on the State Street (left) and Carroll Street (right) sides of the Wisconsin Building. Fire fighters on ladders are working fr...
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com...

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