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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group of five people, (includes Jesse Stone, Mrs. Abernathy, A.G. Hull, Leo Capser, and Captain Angus) standing in front of Cedar Bark Lodge on Hermit Isla... |
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| Description: | A group of girls and women sit on the porch of the Holiday House of the Girls' Friendly Society while others sit inside an automobile at right to pose for ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Bavarian style cedar shake-sided summer home built in 1916 on Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. W.H. Ferguson was from Beatrice, Nebraska and was co-founder... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View from lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a woman standing on lawn of the Woods mansion on Nebraska Row. Bayfield is visible on the opposite mainland shore of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View from the lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline of Lake Superior. The water tower and church steeple are visible on the far righ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking down over the lawn and wood shingle lakeshore home, Woods Manor, a part of Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the distance is Lake Sup... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View of the two-story, wood shingle, lake shore home, Woods Manor, a part of Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a swimming pool surround... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View of a house on Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a flag pole, bench, path, lawn and trees. On the left are docks from the lake shor... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View up brick path towards the exterior of the Conrad Seipp summer home at Black Point on Geneva Lake. A horse-drawn wagon is parked in front; a dog stands... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The house at Black Point, identifiable by its tower, stands above the frozen waters of Geneva Lake. Light snow covers the ground. There is a dog on the ice... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Conrad Petersen, far right, poses in front of his brother, Edward Petersen, and three other children near the porch at Black Point. The girl in front holds... |
| 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: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | An ornate dining table with matching chairs anchors the dining room at Black Point. There is a stained glass window at the far end of the room over a built... |
| 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: | 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: | 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... |
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