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Steam Yacht Decorated with Flags and Pennants

Date: 1885
Description: Small steam yacht decorated with pennants on Lake Geneva. A small group is at the front of the yacht. Shoreline with boathouses and dwellings can be seen i...
Map or Atlas

Map of Geneva Village, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This map has relief shown pictorially and shows plat of the city, block numbers, land ownership by name, local streets, railroads, mill pond, and part of G...
Map or Atlas

City of Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Date: 1966
Description: The map shows streets, wells, school land, parks, cemeteries, railroads, and the Delbrook Golf Course. The bottom of the map reads: "January 11, 1962 May 2...
Photograph

Charles M. Baker Residence

Date: 
Description: Quarter plate ambrotype exterior view of the Charles Minton Baker residence in Lake Geneva. The home was built in 1854. The house and grounds are shown fro...
Print

Crossroads Dinner Menu Exterior

Date: 
Description: Dinner menu from the Crossroads, "Food Served At Its Best," with a view of the road and a wooden crossed highway marker for the junction of U.S. Hwy. 12 an...
Drawing

Big-Foot's Village and Lake

Date: 1856
Description: Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds...
Photograph

International Scout SS II [SS 2] Off Roading

Date: 01 04 1978
Description: Original caption reads: "Off-road racing is every bit as tough on drivers as it is on vehicles. P.D. Perry, Effingham, IL, savors the initial quiet moments...
Photograph

International Scout SS II [SS 2] off roading near Lake Geneva, WI

Date: 1978
Description: Original caption reads: "Off-road racing is becoming an increasingly popular sport as the numbers of sports/utility vehicle owners grow. The International ...
Map or Atlas

Whitewater, Walworth Co., Wis.

Date: 1858
Description: This map is hand-colored and mounted on cloth and shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, landownership, streets, railroads, selected buildings, fair g...
Map or Atlas

Bird’s Eye View of Lake Geneva, Walworth Co., Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: This pictorial bird's-eye-view map shows buildings, streets, and railroads. Included are illustrations and an index to points of interest. The bottom of th...
Print

Black Point

Date: 1900
Description: View up brick path towards the exterior of the Conrad Seipp summer home at Black Point on Geneva Lake. A horse-drawn wagon is parked in front; a dog stands...
Print

The "Loreley"

Date: 1900
Description: View across water towards the small Geneva Lake steamer, the "Loreley," approaches the pier at Black Point. The captain stands at the wheel. There is a ca...
Print

Bridge at Black Point

Date: 1900
Description: A boy holding a dog stands behind a rustic railing on a bridge over a man-made cut in a hill at Black Point. A girl and dog stand on the trail below. Bould...
Book or Pamphlet

Inland Lake Yachting Association Brochure

Date: 08 1949
Description: Brochure for the forty-eighth Annual Regatta of the Inland Lake Yachting Association features a photograph of ten sailboats and a motorized judges' boat. E...
Map or Atlas

Official Map, Village of Walworth, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Date: 1965
Description: This map shows proposed streets, arterial and collector streets, lot numbers and dimensions, parks, the disposal plant, a ball park, and school property. T...
Book or Pamphlet

Hotel Glenwood

Date: 1910
Description: The centerfold of a promotional brochure features a photograph of the Hotel Glenwood and a description of the springs on the grounds. The hotel, with large...
Map or Atlas

Map of Lake Geneva

Date: 1939
Description: A brochure for the Wisconsin Transportation Co. includes a map of Lake Geneva with towns and shoreline property owners identified. Black Point, on the sout...
Print

Geneva Lake Flouring Custom Mills

Date: 1873
Description: A print depicts activity around the three-story, wood frame Geneva Flouring Mills. Horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians, and a boy rolling a hoop create a busy ...
Map or Atlas

City of Whitewater [Wisconsin]

Date: 1890
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, landownership, city wards, buildings, streets, railroads, parks, cemeteries, churches, schools, and in...
Photograph

Ernst Schmidt and Trophies

Date: 1958
Description: Ernst Conrad Schmidt, wearing conventional yachting attire of dark blazer and light-colored trousers, poses with trophies won by his boat, the "Senta III."...

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