Date: | 1933 |
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Description: | Embossed image of the Hall of Science at the Century of Progress International Exposition (the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair) decorates the leather cover of... |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Two pandas "scrap" on the embossed leather cover of a scrapbook bearing the title "Snaps and Scraps." Metallic gold highlights the embossed areas. The scra... |
Date: | 1908 |
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Description: | View across water towards the Black Point sailing on Geneva Lake. Yerkes Observatory is in the far background. |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Ernst Schmidt shaving using a straight razor in front of a small mirror. The mirror hangs on the wall next to a window. His shaving brush rests on a drop f... |
Date: | 09 05 1915 |
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Description: | View across water towards the Senta, owned and skipped by Dr. Otto Schmidt, on Lake Geneva near the Lake Geneva Yacht Club just before the start of ... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Henry Bartholomay Jr., right, and his son Henry Conrad Bartholomay fish on the pier at Black Point. The steamer Loreley is anchored offshore on he l... |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Fritzie, the pet Dachshund of the Schmidt family, poses standing on a library table in the family home in Chicago. There is a framed picture of a hunting d... |
Date: | 1914 |
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Description: | The sailboat "Senta" competes in the Sheridan Prize Race at Geneva Lake. The "Senta" belonged to Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, who is the skipper here. He was an ow... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Bird's-eye view of Lake Geneva from the south extending to Waukesha and Milwaukee in the north. Delavan Lake and Lake Como are identified. Several electric... |
Date: | 03 1916 |
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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... |
Date: | 01 28 1918 |
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Description: | Streams of water from fire hoses are trained into the upper windows of a storefront which is encased in thick ice. A written description of this photograph... |
Date: | 07 03 1916 |
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Description: | Ernst Conrad Schmidt (1893-1977) skips the "Water Witch" off the shore of Geneva Lake near Black Point Estate. There is a larger boat in the background nea... |
Date: | 07 04 1916 |
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Description: | Catherine (Kate) Bartholomay (1899-1991) stands in dappled shade on the pier at Black Point. She is holding two oars as she prepares to get into a wooden c... |
Date: | 1916 |
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Description: | A small dog is photographed in profile as he "sits up." He is wearing a studded collar. |
Date: | 09 03 1916 |
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Description: | Ernst Schmidt (1893-1977) and Jean Happich sail the boat "Illiola." Schmidt was a grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, who established Black Point Esta... |
Date: | 09 08 1916 |
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Description: | Sisters Alma, in dark glasses, and Tessa (Clara Theresa) Schmidt aboard the "Water Witch" at the pier at Black Point. Both women are wearing long white dre... |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Ernst Schmidt (1893-1977) sits in front of a homemade teepee wearing an elaborate costume of feathers and furs. He is holding a club in his right hand. |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | View from boat towards the waterfront at Lake Geneva with the Whiting House Hotel on the left and the pier extending to the right. A large sidewheel steamb... |
Date: | 08 1916 |
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Description: | Albert Fridolin Madlener (1868-1947) poses on the small sailboat "Water Witch" at the pier at Black Point. He is wearing a cap, summer slacks, a long-sleev... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | A map of Lake Geneva, including the villages of Williams Bay and Fontana, and a portion of the city of Lake Geneva. The Chicago and Northwestern Railway li... |
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