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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View up brick path towards the exterior of the Conrad Seipp summer home at Black Point on Geneva Lake. A horse-drawn wagon is parked in front; a dog stands... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the cottage built on the Black Point Estate in 1905. There are several screened porches and large awnings over the main floor windows. ... |
| Date: | 05 1922 |
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| Description: | A woodland print is featured on the cover of the program for Deutsches Mai-Fest (German May Festival), hosted by the German Federation of Chicago. Dr. Otto... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Six prominent German American brewers pose outdoors, seated around a table, for a portrait labeled "The Poterhouse [sic] Club." Well-dressed in suits and h... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | The Petersen brothers, from far left William Otto, Conrad Schmidt, and Edward William, with an unidentified boy (probably a cousin) pose in front of a smal... |
| 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: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A front view of the "cottage" built on the Black Point Estate in 1905 by Catherine Orb Seipp, the widow of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp who had built their ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View looking up hill, from near the shore of Geneva Lake, towards the main house at Black Point. Doors facing the lake on the first and second floors open ... |
| Date: | 01 25 1924 |
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| Description: | The large, wood framed 1905 cottage at Black Point stands at the crest of a gentle snowy slope framed by evergreens and bare deciduous trees. The cottage w... |
| Date: | 01 25 1924 |
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| Description: | A small wood frame boathouse with a large front porch stands at the snow covered shore of frozen Geneva Lake at Black Point. Evergreens and bare deciduous ... |
| Date: | 03 11 1928 |
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| Description: | Covers have been pulled aside to reveal the new motor boat which sits in front of a large shed in Till Stuyvesant's yard in Lake Geneva. There is a large t... |
| Date: | 05 1928 |
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| Description: | A caption for this photograph written by Ernst Schmidt reads, "1929 7-passenger Buick touring car purchased on May 1 for use at the place on the loop at Bl... |
| Date: | 03 14 1930 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 05 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the main house at Black Point, which faces Geneva Lake. The open first floor porch has broad steps to the lawn. There is a smaller sec... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Halftone print of the landscaped shoreline and path at Forest Glen, the estate of Edward G. Uihlein, on the western end of Geneva Lake. A flag flies above ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt poses seated outdoors wearing a light summer dress. Her face is in profile. |
| Date: | 03 09 1941 |
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| Description: | View of the barn at Black Point, which has a gambrel roof and large ventilator. The stone or block silo is on the right. An accompanying note states that t... |
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