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Alma and Ilze

Date: 1982
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...
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Alma Schmidt Petersen

Date: 1980
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...
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At the Farmhouse

Date: 04 27 1968
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...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage at Black Point

Date: 1980
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...
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Corner of Laundry

Date: 1946
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...
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Dining Porch at Black Point

Date: 07 11 1974
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...
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Wedding Day

Date: 09 10 1966
Description: Bride Catherine Bakieff Petersen and groom Peter Seipp Goltra, left, pose with their wedding party under the crystal chandelier in the music room at Black ...
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Locomobile

Date: 12 26 1927
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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The Marmon

Date: 05 06 1928
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.
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Madlener House

Date: 11 1929
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 ...
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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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The Loreley

Date: 1888
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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The Schmidt Children with their Grandmothers

Date: 1900
Description: Mrs. Conrad (Catherine Orb) Seipp, left, and Mrs. Ernst (Theresa Weikhardt) Schmidt join their grandchildren, from left, Alma Catherine, Clara Theresa (Tes...
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Fiftieth Anniversary

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Henry Bartholomay, Jr. and his wife, Clara Seipp Bartholomay pose at the corner of the screened porch at their summer home on the occasion of their fiftiet...
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Family Orchestra

Date: 1938
Description: Descendants of Conrad Seipp comprise an orchestra which performed a concert as part of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the construction of t...
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Place Card

Date: 1944
Description: Printed place card created for the fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration of Clara Seipp and Henry Bartholomay Jr. which features head and shoulders phot...
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Entry Hall

Date: 1942
Description: A portrait of Dr. Otto L. Schmidt hangs in the front hall of Black Point. A handwritten caption which accompanies the photograph states: "Portrait above — ...
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Front Hall at Black Point

Date: 1942
Description: A grandfather clock stands to the left of the stairway in the front hall of Black Point. There is a paneled door in the background and a settee on the righ...
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Music Room at Black Point

Date: 1942
Description: An oval portrait of Emma Seipp Schmidt hangs above a cabinet in the music room at Black Point. A modern style settee stands in the large window bay.
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Living Room at Black Point

Date: 1942
Description: A view of a corner of the living room at Black Point provides a glimpse into the music room, at left, and the front hall, right. In the living room is a bo...

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