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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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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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The Tower at Black Point

Date: 10 1953
Description: A car sits on the drive at Black Point near the distinctive tower at the northwest corner of the house. The trees have lost their leaves.
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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 ...
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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...
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Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Approach to the Grounds

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Description: Hand-colored view of the drive and front gate of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. The main building is obscured by trees. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Schoo...
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Aram Public Library

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

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Description: View down wide median in a tree-lined residential neighborhood. The median is landscaped with flowers and bushes, and a lamppost. Automobiles are parked on...
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Delavan Gardens

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Description: Color illustration of Delavan Gardens - resort and ballroom. Caption reads: "Delavan Gardens, Delavan Lake, Wis."
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The Manhattan

Date: 1909
Description: View of the Manhattan Resort and its tree-filled grounds. Caption reads: "The Manhattan, Delavan Lake, Wis."
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Bord du Lac Resort

Date: 1914
Description: View of the tree-filled grounds, and a few cabins, at the Bord du Lac Resort. Two people are sitting on a bench in the foreground on the left. Caption read...
Postcard

Lake Lawn Resort

Date: 1909
Description: Hand-colored view of the Lake Lawn Resort. Delavan Lake is in the background on the left. There is an automobile parked under a roofed entryway that leads ...
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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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Lake Lawn

Date: 1911
Description: View across water towards the Lake Lawn Resort on Delavan Lake. The hotel is a large white building with a wrap-around porch, and two spires. Caption reads...
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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

Scene Along the West Shore

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Description: View along shoreline towards a group of people standing on a pier. Sailboats are anchored in the water in the background. Caption reads: "Scene Along the W...
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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...
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Lake Beulah Home of John M. Volkhardts

Date: 1944
Description: Two-story home with a wrap-around porch. A bench is on the lawn. Caption reads: "Lake Beulah Home of John M. Volkhardts, East Troy, Wis."

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