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| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Lake Geneva, looking southwest, with insets of points of interest. |
| 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: | 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. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | This map of Lake Geneva has relief shown by contours and water depths shown by isolines. The map includes an index of schools, churches, public services, i... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | This pictorial bird's-eye-view map shows buildings, streets, and railroads. Included are illustrations and an index to points of interest. The bottom of th... |
| 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: | 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: | Conrad, resting his feet in a baby carriage, and Edward, center, sit on a bench on the pier at Black Point; their younger brother William stands at right. ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, far left, is helmsman for the "Senta," sailing with a crew of three on Geneva Lake. Dr. Schmidt was the husband of Emma Seipp Schmidt,... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across water of Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, second from right, sitting at the helm of the "Senta," with a crew of four. Dr. Schmidt was married to Emma Seipp... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water of sailboats on Geneva Lake. There are people on a boat with an outboard motor in the foreground. The scalloped edge of an awnin... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A young man in the foreground, possibly Ernst Schmidt, stands looking out at sailboats on Geneva Lake. In the foreground on the left a woman is on a sailbo... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt Petersen controls the sheets on a small sailboat. Her husband, William F. Petersen, sits aft. The child between them is unidentified. The sail... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from end of pier towards three boys posing in the water of Geneva Lake in front of the boathouse at Black Point Estate. A woman observes from the narr... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Black Point sailing on Geneva Lake. Yerkes Observatory is in the far background. |
| Date: | 09 05 1915 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Senta, owned and skipped by Dr. Otto Schmidt, on Lake Geneva near the Lake Geneva Yacht Club just before the start of ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Henry Bartholomay Jr., right, and his son Henry Conrad Bartholomay fish on the pier at Black Point. The steamer Loreley is anchored offshore on he l... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | The sailboat "Senta" competes in the Sheridan Prize Race at Geneva Lake. The "Senta" belonged to Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, who is the skipper here. He was an ow... |
| Date: | 07 03 1916 |
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| Description: | Ernst Conrad Schmidt (1893-1977) skips the "Water Witch" off the shore of Geneva Lake near Black Point Estate. There is a larger boat in the background nea... |
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