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Ernst and Catherine

Date: 09 01 1946
Description: View from front of motorboat of Ernst Schmidt (driving) and Catherine Schuelke enjoying an outing on Geneva Lake.
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The Farmhouse

Date: 03 09 1941
Description: The farmhouse on Black Point Estate, a two-story wood frame structure painted a dark color with lighter trim. A portion of the barn is on the right.
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The Barn at Black Point

Date: 03 09 1941
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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Sailing School

Date: 08 08 1941
Description: View across water of women and children sitting on the deck of the Sailing School Ship on Lake Geneva. Herb Taylor, partly obscured on the afterdeck, was t...
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The Farmhouse at Black Point

Date: 01 04 1942
Description: A winter view of the farmhouse at Black Point Estate after completion of an addition, seen on the left. The addition included a full two-story portion as w...
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The "Arrow"

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view across water towards an unidentified man standing on the deck of the steamship "Arrow," owned by Shelton Sturges. It is docked at a pier near...
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The Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: View from water over boats towards the four-story wood frame Second Empire style Whiting House Hotel standing on the lake shore at Lake Geneva. Several set...
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Storm Warning

Date: 07 25 1952
Description: The caption accompanying this photograph describes the scene: "Ernst C. Schmidt raising the storm warning flag at the dock of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club on...
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On the Pier at Black Point

Date: 08 01 1954
Description: Ernst C. Schmidt and Mary Helen Anderson stand on a pier and pose next to the Black Point launch "Nepenthe."
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Mammie and Kate

Date: 1900
Description: Clara Seipp Bartholomay, a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, sitting outdoors in a wicker chair, holding her infant daughter Catherine Bartholomay o...
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Wedding Guests

Date: 08 27 1912
Description: A well-dressed couple stand in the back of an chauffeur-driven open automobile on the drive at Black Point Estate. The woman, who is wearing a very tall ha...
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Wedding Day

Date: 08 27 1912
Description: View from lawn towards a group of women and children standing on the porch at Black Point. The porch, stairs and trees are strewn with streamers, part of t...
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Pier at Black Point

Date: 08 27 1912
Description: View across water towards a group of well-dressed adults and children gathered on the pier at Black Point Estate on the wedding day of Alma Seipp and Willi...
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Four Sisters

Date: 07 30 1938
Description: The four daughters of Conrad and Catherine Orb Seipp pose for an informal group portrait on the lawn at Black Point. The sisters are, left to right, Clara ...
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The Loreley

Date: 1888
Description: A view of the east side of the newly built Loreley, the summer home of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. The large, two and one half story, wood frame Queen Ann...
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The Schmidt Children with their Grandmothers

Date: 1900
Description: Mrs. Conrad (Catherine Orb) Seipp, left, and Mrs. Ernst (Theresa Weikhardt) Schmidt join their grandchildren, from left, Alma Catherine, Clara Theresa (Tes...
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Fiftieth Anniversary

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Henry Bartholomay, Jr. and his wife, Clara Seipp Bartholomay pose at the corner of the screened porch at their summer home on the occasion of their fiftiet...
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Guests at Black Point

Date: 1914
Description: A group of nine women pose with Charles Wacker, center, on "A Sunday Afternoon - about 1914" on the lawn at Black Point. The individuals are identified, fr...
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Family Orchestra

Date: 1938
Description: Descendants of Conrad Seipp comprise an orchestra which performed a concert as part of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the construction of t...
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Place Card

Date: 1944
Description: Printed place card created for the fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration of Clara Seipp and Henry Bartholomay Jr. which features head and shoulders phot...

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