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Alma Schmidt

Date: 1915
Description: Alma Schmidt poses seated outdoors wearing a light summer dress. Her face is in profile.
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The Barn at Black Point

Date: 03 09 1941
Description: View of the barn at Black Point, which has a gambrel roof and large ventilator. The stone or block silo is on the right. An accompanying note states that t...
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The Farmhouse at Black Point

Date: 01 04 1942
Description: A winter view of the farmhouse at Black Point Estate after completion of an addition, seen on the left. The addition included a full two-story portion as w...
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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...
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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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Champion Ginkgo Tree

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Ginkgo biloba judged to be the largest example of the species in Wisconsin in 1979. It was located at Covenant Harbor Camp at Lake Gen...
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

Residence of S. W. Allerton

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Description: View across water towards a large lakeside house with a turret. Caption reads: "Residence of S. W. Allerton, Lake Geneva, Wis."
Postcard

Norwegian Building on Wm. Wrigley Jr. Property

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Description: View of a stave church, with carved dragon gargoyles. Caption reads: "Norwegian Building on Wm. Wrigley Jr. Property, Lake Geneva, Wis."
Postcard

Home of J. H. Moore

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Description: View of a large, red brick house. People on horseback and horse-drawn carriages are lined up on the driveway in front. Caption reads: "Home of J. H. Moore,...
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Administration Building, Y.M.C.A. Camp

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Description: View across driveway towards a building with a front porch on a hill, with trees and flowering bushes flanking the stairs leading up to the entrance. Capti...
Postcard

Residence of A.C [sic] Bartlett

Date: 1912
Description: View of a large private home with flowery shrubs. Caption reads: "Residence of A.C [sic] Bartlett, Lake Geneva, Wis."
Postcard

Residence of Mr. C.L. Hutchinson from Island

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Description: Photographic postcard view across lake towards the Tudor-style lakeside home. Caption reads: "Residence of Mr. C.L. Hutchinson from Island, Lake Geneva, Wi...
Postcard

Hotel Geneva

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Description: Illustrated color postcard of the front of Hotel Geneva. A marina is in the foreground. Flowering bushes are along the lakeshore. Caption reads: "Hotel Gen...
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Spring Haven, Lake Geneva

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Description: View across lawn towards a lakeside resort among trees. Caption reads: "Spring Haven, Lake Geneva, (Near Chicago)."
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Early Morning

Date: 1952
Description: Water and reflections at Big Foot Beach State Park on Buttons Bay, Geneva Lake.

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