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| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Ernst Conrad Schmidt, wearing conventional yachting attire of dark blazer and light-colored trousers, poses with trophies won by his boat, the "Senta III."... |
| 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: | 03 1973 |
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| Description: | A new roof for the tower of the main house at Black Point stands on the lawn in front of the house. The roof, of an ultra-modern design, rests on a short s... |
| 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: | 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 ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View looking up hill, from near the shore of Geneva Lake, towards the main house at Black Point. Doors facing the lake on the first and second floors open ... |
| Date: | 04 28 1929 |
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| Description: | A pickup truck parked on the brick drive near the main house at Black Point Estate. Two boats rest on a trailer parked in front of the truck. |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt Petersen, left, enjoys a meal with her niece (by marriage), Ilze Reese, in the dining room of the main house at Black Point Estate. This photo... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt Petersen, owner of Black Point Estate, poses seated in a green wicker chair on the porch of the main house. Standing behind her on the left an... |
| Date: | 04 27 1968 |
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| Description: | Members of the Petersen family gathered for a meal at the farmhouse, also referred to as the Baker house, at Black Point Estate. The room is open to the ra... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | View from lawn of a man holding the harness of a team of two horses hitched to an open carriage on the brick drive at Black Point. A large group looks on f... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A large sink and hand water pump stand in a corner near a door of the laundry room at Black Point. The laundry was located in the "kitchen building" (demol... |
| Date: | 07 11 1974 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt Petersen, wearing a summer dress and flower lei, stands at a long table on the dining porch of the main house at Black Point Estate surrounded... |
| Date: | 12 26 1927 |
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| Description: | A Locomobile brand car is parked on the drive at Black Point near the "laundry," the rear section of the house that served as temporary living quarters for... |
| Date: | 05 06 1928 |
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| Description: | A Marmon automobile, owned by Ernst Schmidt, is parked on the drive at the main house at Black Point. The laundry building is on the left. |
| Date: | 11 12 1928 |
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| Description: | A 1922 Locomobile (foreground) and a 1917 model of the same make are parked near the main house at Black Point Estate. Geneva Lake is in the background. |
| Date: | 11 1929 |
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| Description: | A side view of the Lake Geneva summer home of Albert and Elsa Seipp Madlener shows progress during remodeling. A portion of the porch has been removed and ... |
| Date: | 01 05 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the main house at Black Point, which faces Geneva Lake. The open first floor porch has broad steps to the lawn. There is a smaller sec... |
| Date: | 01 04 1942 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | A view of the east side of the newly built Loreley, the summer home of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. The large, two and one half story, wood frame Queen Ann... |
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