Date: | 08 1929 |
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Description: | William Otto Petersen sits on his mother's lap as they ride inside a passenger launch on Geneva Lake. One of William's older brothers sits on the right. Th... |
Date: | 11 17 1951 |
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Description: | Conrad William and Kathryn Anne (Reebie) Petersen pose for a full length portrait on their wedding day in Winnetka, Illinois. The bride wears a long satin ... |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Alma Schmidt Petersen, center, holds a plaque with a relief portrait of a woman's head in profile, and the inscription "Louise de Koven Bowen, President of... |
Date: | 09 1954 |
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Description: | A grand piano with ornate shawl stands in front of the fireplace in the music room at Black Point. The fireplace surround is covered with ornate ceramic ti... |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | An ornate chandelier with gas light style shades and many prisms dominates a photograph of the music room at Black Point. There is a painted frieze below t... |
Date: | 05 1977 |
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Description: | This aerial view of the main house at Black Point Estate shows the brick drive and walkways near the house. Trees are just budding out. The house's distin... |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | A view from near the main house at Black Point Estate shows the brick drive and walk in the foreground. Geneva Lake is seen in the background, framed by a... |
Date: | 1970 |
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Description: | A winter view of the main house at Black Point Estate from the northwest shows the distinctive tower and multiple porches. One of the large chimneys is vis... |
Date: | 1972 |
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Description: | A winter view of the main house at Black Point, seen from the rear (south), showing the distinctive tower, chimneys and porches. A small one-story addition... |
Date: | 1970 |
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Description: | Low flower arrangements decorate a table set for at least 25 people on the screened dining porch at the main house at Black Point Estate. There is a large... |
Date: | 1972 |
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Description: | A winter view of the William O. Petersen house on the grounds of Black Point Estate, showing the two shed-roofed wings of the house which overlooks Geneva ... |
Date: | 1970 |
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Description: | A close-up view of the kitchen of an antique doll house at Black Point Estate shows partial exterior walls of fretwork and columns decorated with draperies... |
Date: | 03 1973 |
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Description: | A new roof for the tower of the main house at Black Point stands on the lawn in front of the house. The roof, of an ultra-modern design, rests on a short s... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | A row of maple trees lines the brick walkway along the main house at Black Point. There are benches on the lawn; Geneva Lake is in the background. A gable ... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Dr. Otto Schmidt, left, poses with his mother-in-law, Catherine Seipp, and his daughter Alma on the lawn in front of the main house at Black Point. Cather... |
Date: | 12 25 1942 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Ernst Conrad Schmidt (1893-1977), grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, sitting in an easy chair reading in his high ceilinged, wood pa... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | View from shoreline of Dr. Otto Schmidt, second from left, standing on the pier at Black Point with other, unidentified, adults and children. A launch is t... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Elevated view from shoreline of two side wheeled steamboats, the "Lucius Newberry," left, and the "Lady of the Lake," docked at Geneva Lake. Other smaller ... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | A bicycle which has been modified for travel on ice stands on frozen Geneva Lake. The front wheel of the bicycle has been replaced by a ski; the rear wheel... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Stereograph view along shoreline of Geneva Lake at Porter's Park. A man sits in a canoe at the rocky shoreline while a woman sits and reads on a rustic ben... |
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