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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eight women and two men posing on the lawn at Black Point. The description on the reverse of the photograph reads: "The Wacker family aft... |
| Date: | 03 27 1938 |
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| Description: | Carved into a large stone lintel is "Seipp and Lehmann Lager Bier Keller. Gebaut 1864 [Seipp and Lehmann Lager Beer Cellar, Built 1864]." The stone rests o... |
| Date: | 05 08 1938 |
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| Description: | View across water towards Emma Seipp Schmidt walking along the shore path at the estate of Albert Madlener on Geneva Lake. There is stone riprap supporting... |
| Date: | 09 01 1946 |
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| Description: | View from front of motorboat of Ernst Schmidt (driving) and Catherine Schuelke enjoying an outing on Geneva Lake. |
| Date: | 03 09 1941 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 03 09 1941 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 08 1941 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 04 1942 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 25 1952 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Ernst C. Schmidt and Mary Helen Anderson stand on a pier and pose next to the Black Point launch "Nepenthe." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Clara Seipp Bartholomay, a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, sitting outdoors in a wicker chair, holding her infant daughter Catherine Bartholomay o... |
| Date: | 08 27 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 27 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 27 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 30 1938 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Conrad (Catherine Orb) Seipp, left, and Mrs. Ernst (Theresa Weikhardt) Schmidt join their grandchildren, from left, Alma Catherine, Clara Theresa (Tes... |
| Date: | 07 12 1944 |
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| 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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