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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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William O. Petersen
1928
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 chair stands in the shallow water.
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...
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...
Petersen House
1972
A winter view of the William O. Petersen house on the grounds of Black Point Estate, showing the two shed-roofed wings of the house which overlooks Geneva Lake (on the right). The house is clad wit...
William F. and Conrad Petersen
1926
William F. Petersen holds his son Conrad in the waters of Geneva Lake off the shore of Black Point. There are sailboats in the background.
William F. and Edward Petersen
1927
Dr. William F. Petersen, with his son Edward, poses next to a dragon that he created for his sons at Black Point Estate.
