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Alma on the Porch

Date: 1942
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen poses seated in a wicker chair on the porch at Black Point. She is wearing a dress and light coat. There is a large-leafed potted pla...
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Entry Hall

Date: 1942
Description: A portrait of Dr. Otto L. Schmidt hangs in the front hall of Black Point. A handwritten caption which accompanies the photograph states: "Portrait above — ...
Photograph

Front Hall at Black Point

Date: 1942
Description: A grandfather clock stands to the left of the stairway in the front hall of Black Point. There is a paneled door in the background and a settee on the righ...
Photograph

Elsa Seipp Madlener

Date: 1955
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...
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...
Photograph

The Dining Room

Date: 04 2014
Description: Interior view of a dining room full of knickknacks, furniture, clocks, a hutch and a cabinet. Coats are hanging on the back of the wooden chairs at the woo...
Postcard

Aram Public Library

Date: 
Description: Hand-colored view from street of the public library building on Fourth Street. Caption reads: "The Aram Public Library, Delavan, Wis."
Postcard

The Methodist Church

Date: 1952
Description: View from street of the Methodist Church at 213 South Second Street. Congregation established — 1838; Present sanctuary built — 1864; Enlarged and remodele...
Postcard

Highland Park Hotel

Date: 1911
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view across lawn towards a large hotel with a long porch, long balcony and two spires. Caption reads: "Highland, Dela...
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View on the Lawn "The Highland"

Date: 1931
Description: View of the Highland Hotel's lakeside lawn. Several park benches are among the trees on the lawn. In the background at the shoreline is a boathouse with a ...
Postcard

Highland Park Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: View across lawn towards the Highland Park Hotel, a large white building with twin spires and a wrap around porch and balcony. A number of people are stand...
Photograph

Civil War Tree

Date: 07 2014
Description: A large Bur Oak tree is shading a sign for Vesuvio's Little Italy restaurant on the corner of Washington and South 7th Street. Brick buildings across the s...
Postcard

Four Thousand Automobiles in 1914, The Great Fair

Date: 09 1914
Description: Elevated view of a small sample of "4000 cars" parked at the Great Fair. Caption reads: "Four Thousand Automobiles in 1914, The Great Fair, Elkhorn, Sept. ...
Postcard

Mid-Lake Dairy Farm — Elkhorn, Wisconsin

Date: 1952
Description: Aerial view of a dairy farm with white barns and a white house. Caption reads: "Mid-Lake Dairy Farm — Elkhorn, Wisconsin."
Postcard

Walworth County Hospital

Date: 
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of the county hospital, a four-story stone building. Young trees and bushes are on the lawn. Caption reads: "Walworth...
Postcard

Court House

Date: 
Description: Colorized view through trees toward the Court House, with columns at the entrance, arched windows and a bell tower. Caption reads: "Court House, Elkhorn, W...
Postcard

New Walworth County Court House

Date: 1964
Description: View across lawn and trees in fall color toward the new county court house.
Postcard

Public School

Date: 1909
Description: View across lawn toward the public school, which is a large building with a bell tower, arched entrances and gables. Caption reads: "Public School, Elkhorn...
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Champion Boxelder

Date: 1979
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 ...

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