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Blue Bird Cottage
1945
A simple wood frame cottage is built into the slope of the hill above Geneva Lake at Holiday Home Camp. A second building is seen in the background.
New Steps at Black Point
January 5, 1931
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 second story porch.
Wedding Day
August 27, 1912
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 the celebration of the marriage of Alma Sei...
Guests at Black Point
1914
A group of nine women pose with Charles Wacker, center, on "A Sunday Afternoon - about 1914" on the lawn at Black Point. The individuals are identified, from left, as Mrs. Francis T.A. Junkin; Mrs....
Black Point
July 1958
North front of Black Point, showing the stick style detailing in the gable end. There is a small porch on the third floor with steep stairs leading to the second story porch. Broad steps lead from ...
After Sunday Dinner
1914
Group portrait of eight women and two men posing on the lawn at Black Point. The description on the reverse of the photograph reads: "The Wacker family after [they] came for Sunday dinner." The ind...
