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Tour Hostesses
July 31, 1969
Left to right, Zika Bakieff Petersen, Gladys Zimmerman, and Alma Schmidt Petersen pose with the dog, Bamboo, on the porch at Black Point Estate. The three women, with other members of the Lake Gene...
Alma on the Porch
1942
Alma Schmidt Petersen poses seated in a wicker chair on the porch at Black Point. She is wearing a dress and light coat. There is a large-leafed potted plant on a table beside her, and other wicker...
Edward Schmidt Petersen
1922
Young Edward Petersen (1921-2013) poses sitting in a wicker highchair on the porch at Black Point. He is the son of William F. and Alma Schmidt Petersen and the great-grandson of Chicago brewer Con...
At the Farmhouse
April 27, 1968
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 rafters and the walls are wood paneled. A ty...
Alma Petersen and Tessa Reese
May 1982
Alma Schmidt Petersen, left, walks arm and arm with her sister, Clara Theresa (Tessa) Reese on the grounds of Black Point Estate. Behind them are two of Alma's sons, Conrad, left, and Edward Peter...
Horse-Drawn Carriage at Black Point
1980
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 from the porch of the main house.
