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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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

View of Black Point

Date: 05 1928
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...
Postcard

Black Point

Date: 1907
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 ...
Postcard

Harrose Hall

Date: 1905
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...
Postcard

Greetings from Lake Geneva

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Description: Two views of Lake Geneva. Crab apple blossoms at Library Park, and the Municipal Bathing Beach adjoining Library Park. Caption reads: "Greetings from Lake ...
Postcard

Aeroplane View Davidson Hall and part of Academy Campus

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the campus of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy. Caption reads: "Aeroplane View Davidson Hall and part of Academy Campus, Northwes...
Postcard

Hotel Glenwood

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Description: Colorized postcard view of three buildings with verandas, comprising a hotel on a hill. People are gathered on the lawn around a picnic table. A large flow...
Postcard

Ceylon Court, Maytag Home

Date: 1937
Description: Colorized postcard view from pier towards a private lakeside home on a hill, with a large garden leading down to the lake. Caption reads: "Ceylon Court, Ma...
Postcard

Hotel Geneva

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Description: Hand-colored view from street towards the entrance of Hotel Geneva. There is a circular drive, and flowers and bushes planted at the front entrance. A larg...
Postcard

Spring House on J. J. Mitchell Estate

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Description: View of a gazebo with hanging flower baskets. Lake Geneva is in the background. Caption reads: "Spring House on J. J. Mitchell Estate, Lake Geneva, Wis."
Postcard

Hill Top Cabins — College Camp

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Description: View of a row of small cabins along the top of a small slope. Caption reads: "Hill Top Cabins — College Camp, Wisconsin — On Lake Geneva, Wis."
Postcard

Yerkes' Observatory

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Description: Colorized elevated postcard view of Yerkes Observatory near the shore of Lake Geneva. Caption reads: "Yerkes' Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin."
Postcard

Speed Boats on Lake Geneva

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Description: Colorized postcard view across water towards two speed boats on Lake Geneva. The trees are in fall color along the shoreline. The name on the speedboats re...
Postcard

Moonlight Silhouette — Conference Point Camp on Lake Geneva, Williams Bay

Date: 1953
Description: Nighttime elevated view of the lake through trees. Conference Point is on the far shoreline. Caption reads: "Moonlight Silhouette — Conference Point ...
Postcard

Lake Front Cabins — College Camp, Wisconsin — on Lake Geneva

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Description: View of two cabins near the lake, which is in the background below the hill. The cabins have flat roofs and wood siding. Caption reads: "Lake Front Cabins ...
Postcard

Pavilion, Conference Point, Lake Geneva

Date: 1911
Description: View of a pavilion, and a pier in the foreground. Rowboats are docked at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Pavilion, Conference Point, Lake Geneva, Wis."
Postcard

Walworth II

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Description: Three views of the Walworth II excursion boat and its mail delivery service. Text on reverse reads: "The Walworth II provides daily mail service in the sum...

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