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| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | An oval portrait of Emma Seipp Schmidt hangs above a cabinet in the music room at Black Point. A modern style settee stands in the large window bay. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A view of a corner of the living room at Black Point provides a glimpse into the music room, at left, and the front hall, right. In the living room is a bo... |
| Date: | 05 1928 |
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| Description: | The main house at Black Point, with its distinctive tower, is seen through the leafless trees from Geneva Lake. The bath house sits at the water's edge. Th... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A handwritten note describes this portrait as: "Aunt Elsa in her summer house "The Lindens" when she was eighty years old." She is wearing a print dress an... |
| Date: | 07 1901 |
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| Description: | A standing, full-length studio portrait of Catherine Bartholomay forms the left half of a postcard. She is wearing a long dress with full sleeves. She is s... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard bearing the inscription "Residence of Mrs. Conrad Seipp, Lake Geneva, Wis." The upper portion of the south side of the main house at ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard of the "Residence of H.G. Selfridge, Lake Geneva, Wis." The large Tudor influenced house has three stories and features a tall chimne... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A specimen of Acer negundo judged in 1979 to be the largest known example in Wisconsin. The tree is standing on a lawn at Green Gables, part of the ... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A specimen of Ginkgo biloba judged to be the largest example of the species in Wisconsin in 1979. It was located at Covenant Harbor Camp at Lake Gen... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A specimen of Pseudotsuga menziesii standing tall against a backdrop of shorter deciduous trees on the Green Gables Estate. It was judged to be the ... |
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| Description: | View across water towards a section of Sandy Beach Resort. There are people on the lawn on the left next to buildings. Two women are talking on a porch in ... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of Sandy Beach Resort. The building near the pier on the left has a sign on the roof for the resort. Along the shoreline are buildings,... |
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| Description: | View across water towards what may be cottages on the shoreline of the lake. There are stone lined paths, and a pier on the far left. A sign near steps rea... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A view of Lake Street, looking West from Broad Street. Hotel Lane is on the right side, and several automobiles are parked backed-up to the curb in front. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The north shore of the Lake Geneva outlet. |
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| Description: | Exterior view across lawn towards the John J. Williams Sr. and Jr. summer residence "Briarwood." The house has a large wrap-around porch. |
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| Description: | A scrapbook page with six photographs and some captions. One image is captioned: "Was on the Oregon when Spanish fleet was destroyed." |
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| Description: | A scrapbook page featuring six photographs of squirrels, a cow, and a man feeding doves. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the parlor at Oakwood, including a table covered with a tasseled cloth, dolls on a chair, and bookshelves. |
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