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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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the small Geneva Lake steamer, the "Loreley," approaches the pier at Black Point. The captain stands at the wheel. There is a ca... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The house at Black Point, identifiable by its tower, stands above the frozen waters of Geneva Lake. Light snow covers the ground. There is a dog on the ice... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A boy holding a dog stands behind a rustic railing on a bridge over a man-made cut in a hill at Black Point. A girl and dog stand on the trail below. Bould... |
| Date: | 10 31 1930 |
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| Description: | Alma Seipp Hay, second from right, and her husband, William Sherman Hay, third from left, join Commander C.W. Berndtson and other passengers on the bridge... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Conrad Petersen, far right, poses in front of his brother, Edward Petersen, and three other children near the porch at Black Point. The girl in front holds... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The cover of a promotional brochure features a drawing of Hull-House, a Chicago social settlement founded in 1889 by Jane Addams. Mrs. W.F. (Alma Schmidt) ... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | The program for the summer series of concerts sponsored by George Williams College at their College Camp on Geneva Lake was designed by Edmund Elsner of Wi... |
| 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The cover of a promotional pamphlet for Hotel Glenwood and Glenwood Springs at the western end of Geneva Lake. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The centerfold of a promotional brochure features a photograph of the Hotel Glenwood and a description of the springs on the grounds. The hotel, with large... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A brochure for the Wisconsin Transportation Co. includes a map of Lake Geneva with towns and shoreline property owners identified. Black Point, on the sout... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A seated portrait of Catherine Orb Seipp sitting near a window, knitting. Her upholstered chair has carved wood accents. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Catherine Orb Seipp stands on the lawn at Black Point, near one of the porches of the 1905 "cottage." She is wearing a summer dress with bold bands of dark... |
| Date: | 07 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Family members pose on the lawn of the Bartholomay house on the Black Point Estate. They have gathered to celebrate the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Cla... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of nineteen-year-old Ernst Conrad Schmidt, grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, and an owner of Black Point Estate. He i... |
| Date: | 02 02 1975 |
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| Description: | Ernst Schmidt, at age 81, sits reading the "Wisconsin Magazine of History" at a table at Black Point. A telephone and lamp with a stained glass shade stand... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Ernst Conrad Schmidt, wearing conventional yachting attire of dark blazer and light-colored trousers, poses with trophies won by his boat, the "Senta III."... |
| Date: | 10 06 1918 |
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| Description: | Dr. Otto L. Schmidt delivers a speech from a platform in front of a stone monument on which is inscribed the text of Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address to ... |
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