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Painting

Reid House

Date: 1842
Description: Watercolor of the Reid House, residence of William Reid at the head of Big Foot Lake (Lake Geneva). Two children and a woman are in the foreground.
Photograph

Lake Geneva Steamboat

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of Lake Geneva with the Lake Geneva steamboat.
Photograph

Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: Extensive stonework lines the garden path at the Ceylon Building, which is originally from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was purchased ...
Photograph

Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: The rear view of the Ceylon Building, which was from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell, moved ...
Photograph

Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: The gateway to the Ceylon Building's courtyard, from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was purchased by J.J. Mitchell, moved to Lake Geneva...
Photograph

Ceylon Building on Lake Geneva

Date: 1893
Description: The Ceylon Building and its pier as seen from Lake Geneva. Originally built for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the building was later purchas...
Photograph

N.K. Fairbanks Estate

Date: 1890
Description: The N.K. Fairbanks estate, "Butternuts."
Photograph

Steamboat Landing at Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph elevated view of a steamboat landing in front of the Whiting House. Groups of people are standing on the pier, and more are on the steamboat. S...
Photograph

Steamboat Landing

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of a steamboat landing at Whiting House.
Photograph

Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
Photograph

Whiting House - Anaglyph

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats.
Print

Kaye's Park House Dinner Menu

Date: 08 24 1882
Description: Front cover and menu page from Kaye's Park House, with a lakeside view of the hotel, a paddlewheel steamboat, people in rowboats or standing by a Kaye's Pa...
Photograph

Lakeside Stairway

Date: 1898
Description: Lakeside entrance exterior stairway of an elaborate residence at Lake Geneva.
Photograph

Side View of Lake House

Date: 1898
Description: Side porte-cochere of a residence.
Photograph

Steam Yacht Decorated with Flags and Pennants

Date: 1885
Description: Small steam yacht decorated with pennants on Lake Geneva. A small group is at the front of the yacht. Shoreline with boathouses and dwellings can be seen i...
Drawing

Big-Foot's Village and Lake

Date: 1856
Description: Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds...
Print

Geneva Lake Flouring Custom Mills

Date: 1873
Description: A print depicts activity around the three-story, wood frame Geneva Flouring Mills. Horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians, and a boy rolling a hoop create a busy ...
Photograph

Steamboats at Geneva Bay

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of two side wheeled steamboats, the "Lucius Newberry," left, and the "Lady of the Lake," docked at Geneva Lake. Other smaller ...
Photograph

Kayes Park House

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of the large hotel at Kayes Park on the south shore of Geneva Lake. There are two girls standing in the foreground, with well-dressed women in ...
Photograph

The Arthur Kaye

Date: 1898
Description: View across water towards men and women in fine clothes posing on the deck of the steamer Arthur Kaye, which is docked at a pier on Geneva Lake. Nam...

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