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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the oldest house in Delavan. There are two large trees in the front yard. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Three elephants on the side of the road near Holloway Farm. Two of the elephants are chained together. They may have been circus animals going from one tow... |
| Date: | 02 22 1932 |
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| Description: | Children at the Honey Creek State Graded School, District No. 1, commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington with a dance performed... |
| Date: | 05 1931 |
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| Description: | Members of the rhythm bands from the Woods and Fontana state graded schools pose outdoors holding their instruments. The children in the front row and on t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down middle of a tree-lined residential street. Power lines run along the curb on both sides of the street. There are wide terraces, sidewalks, and la... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the cottage built on the Black Point Estate in 1905. There are several screened porches and large awnings over the main floor windows. ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The centerfold of a promotional brochure features a photograph of the Hotel Glenwood and a description of the springs on the grounds. The hotel, with large... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Catherine Orb Seipp stands on the lawn at Black Point, near one of the porches of the 1905 "cottage." She is wearing a summer dress with bold bands of dark... |
| Date: | 07 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Family members pose on the lawn of the Bartholomay house on the Black Point Estate. They have gathered to celebrate the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Cla... |
| Date: | 06 13 1953 |
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| Description: | Claire Chapin, granddaughter of Clara Seipp Bartholomay, with her husband, William Frederick Carr, on their wedding day at Black Point Estate. Geneva Lake ... |
| Date: | 08 10 1930 |
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| Description: | Dr. William Petersen stands behind a bench posing with his three sons, posed on bench, from left, William Otto (standing, holding a ball), Conrad William, ... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt Petersen, left, poses with her sister, Clara Theresa (Tessa) Schmidt Reese, and brother-in-law Dr. Hans Reese on the shrub-bordered brick driv... |
| Date: | 05 1977 |
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| Description: | A small boat is seen on the waters of Geneva Lake in this aerial view of Black Point Estate. The main house with its distinctive tower and porches is easil... |
| Date: | 05 1977 |
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| Description: | This aerial view of the main house at Black Point Estate shows the brick drive and walkways near the house. Trees are just budding out. The house's distin... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | A winter view of the northeast side of the main house at Black Point Estate. There are two large chimneys, and first and second floor porches. A portion of... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A winter view of the main house at Black Point Estate from the northwest shows the distinctive tower and multiple porches. One of the large chimneys is vis... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | A winter view of the main house at Black Point, seen from the rear (south), showing the distinctive tower, chimneys and porches. A small one-story addition... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A row of maple trees lines the brick walkway along the main house at Black Point. There are benches on the lawn; Geneva Lake is in the background. A gable ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Dr. Otto Schmidt, left, poses with his mother-in-law, Catherine Seipp, and his daughter Alma on the lawn in front of the main house at Black Point. Cather... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A front view of the "cottage" built on the Black Point Estate in 1905 by Catherine Orb Seipp, the widow of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp who had built their ... |
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