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After Sunday Dinner
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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 individuals are identified as, standing left to right: Mr. Harry Williams, Mrs. Elsa (Seipp) Madlener, Mrs. O.L. (Emma Seipp) Schmidt, Mrs. Conrad (Catherine Orb) Seipp, Mrs. August Magnus; center, seated in chair, Mr. Charles Wacker; seated on ground left to right: Rosalie Wacker, Mrs. Frederick Wacker, Mrs. Junkin, Mrs. Harry Williams.
1914
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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....
Catherine Seipp and Her Grandchildren
December 25, 1915
Catherine Orb Seipp, widow of prominent Chicago brewer and founder of Black Point Estate, Conrad Seipp, poses in her Chicago home with her nine grandchildren. They are, seated, from left, Alma Sch...
Four Sisters
July 30, 1938
The four daughters of Conrad and Catherine Orb Seipp pose for an informal group portrait on the lawn at Black Point. The sisters are, left to right, Clara Seipp Bartholomay, Emma Seipp Schmidt, Alm...
At the Launching
June 18, 1927
A family group poses on the occasion of the launching of the yacht "Mystery" at Geneva Lake. They are, from left, Alma Schmidt Petersen; Alfred Fridolin Madlener; Conrad Petersen in front of his gr...
The Schmidt Children with their Grandmothers
1900
Mrs. Conrad (Catherine Orb) Seipp, left, and Mrs. Ernst (Theresa Weikhardt) Schmidt join their grandchildren, from left, Alma Catherine, Clara Theresa (Tessa), and Ernst Conrad Schmidt for tea in f...
William and Otto Madlener
1916
Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of twins Otto, left, and William Madlener, sons of Albert F. and Elsa Seipp Madlener. The boys are wearing suits and bow ties.
