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Sailboats on Geneva Lake
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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 sailboat, and another person stands next to Ernst on the right. Schmidt was the grandson of Conrad Seipp, who was a Chicago brewer and an owner of Black Point Estate.
1930
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Sailboats on Geneva Lake
1930
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 awning is along the top in the foreground.
Sailing on Geneva Lake
September 3, 1916
Ernst Schmidt (1893-1977) and Jean Happich sail the boat "Illiola." Schmidt was a grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, who established Black Point Estate in 1888.
Boathouses at Black Point
February 11, 1930
View of the Black Point boathouses taken from the frozen ice of Geneva Lake. Blocks of cut ice are in the foreground. A description of the photograph written by Ernst Schmidt reads, "The channel cu...
Sailing on Geneva Lake
1945
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 has red and white stripes. In the far bac...
Sailing the "Senta"
1925
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, the daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Sei...
Ernst Schmidt
July 3, 1916
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 near the shore.
