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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Lake Geneva with the Lake Geneva steamboat. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View down pier towards shoreline and building at Lake Geneva at Montague's and Porter's resort, later W.F. Furbecks, at the site of Fontana Park or Buena V... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The rear view of the Ceylon Building, which was from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell, moved ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The Ceylon Building and its pier as seen from Lake Geneva. Originally built for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the building was later purchas... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph elevated view of a steamboat landing in front of the Whiting House. Groups of people are standing on the pier, and more are on the steamboat. S... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of a steamboat landing at Whiting House. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l... |
| Date: | 07 05 1933 |
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| Description: | View from beach of people swimming. Some are standing in the sand, and some are on the diving pier out in the water. On the left is part of a water slide. |
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| Description: | Path on tree-lined shoreline with rowboats. A section of a porch is on the left, other dwellings and piers in the distance. |
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| Description: | Lake Lawn. Several boats are on the water with a man standing on his sailboat next to the dock. Trees run along the shoreline into the distance. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Four children lay on their stomachs and pose underneath a canoe, which is overturned on the ground. They are near Delavan Lake. |
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| Description: | A group of adults and children pose for a portrait at a lakeside setting. Four children are sitting on a bench, and a young girl sits on the ground. In the... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Swimmers posing for a portrait in Delavan Lake. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Small steam yacht decorated with pennants on Lake Geneva. A small group is at the front of the yacht. Shoreline with boathouses and dwellings can be seen i... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | William O. Petersen, youngest son of William F. and Alma Schmidt Petersen, plays at the Geneva Lake shore. There is a picnic basket in the background and a... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The three sons (center) of Dr. William and Alma Schmidt Petersen pose in a row boat on the shore of Geneva Lake with two unidentified girls. The boys are, ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Edward Schmidt Petersen sails a toy boat in the shallow waters near the shore of Geneva Lake at Black Point. There is a chair and another child in the fore... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt Petersen, standing on the shore of Geneva Lake at Black Point, steadies a rowboat with her three sons and two other boys in it. Conrad Peterse... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Conrad William Petersen poles a raft in the shallow water of Geneva Lake along the shore at Black Point. His younger brother, William Otto Petersen rides a... |
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