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| Date: | 07 1958 |
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| Description: | North front of Black Point, showing the stick style detailing in the gable end. There is a small porch on the third floor with steep stairs leading to the ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | 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 pla... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A portrait of Dr. Otto L. Schmidt hangs in the front hall of Black Point. A handwritten caption which accompanies the photograph states: "Portrait above — ... |
| Date: | 05 1928 |
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| Description: | The main house at Black Point, with its distinctive tower, is seen through the leafless trees from Geneva Lake. The bath house sits at the water's edge. Th... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, playing tennis outdoors at Whitewater State University in her Physical Education class. She is wearing a skirt, midri... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of the tree-filled grounds, and a few cabins, at the Bord du Lac Resort. Two people are sitting on a bench in the foreground on the left. Caption read... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard view across lawn towards a large hotel with a long porch, long balcony and two spires. Caption reads: "Highland, Dela... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Two-story home with a wrap-around porch. A bench is on the lawn. Caption reads: "Lake Beulah Home of John M. Volkhardts, East Troy, Wis." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the J.P. Webster home. Caption reads: "Home of J.P. Webster, author of "Sweet Bye-Bye, Elkhorn, Wis." |
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| Description: | View towards a two-story log lodge. Caption reads: "Lodge at Racine Scout Camp, Elkhorn, Wis." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Frank B. Fargo, wearing a double-breasted duster and cap, is sitting at the wheel of an open automobile. His wife, Louise Mears Fargo, is sitting beside hi... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A specimen of Acer negundo judged in 1979 to be the largest known example in Wisconsin. The tree is standing on a lawn at Green Gables, part of the ... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A specimen of Ginkgo biloba judged to be the largest example of the species in Wisconsin in 1979. It was located at Covenant Harbor Camp at Lake Gen... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A specimen of Pinus nigra, judged to be the second largest of its type in Wisconsin, standing beside a house at 302 N. Wisconsin Street. Three young... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A specimen of Pseudotsuga menziesii standing tall against a backdrop of shorter deciduous trees on the Green Gables Estate. It was judged to be the ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | An elm growing on the property of C.H. Weller, on West Highland Street, towers over the adjacent houses. In 1952, the circumference of the tree's trunk was... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | A large, spreading bur oak is standing near the intersection of South Seventh and Washington Streets in front of a small restaurant. A van is parked in fro... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | An enormous, nearly symmetrical spreading bur oak tree towering over a picnic table and a row of conifers. Samuel Faulkner Phoenix, the founder of Delavan,... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a very tall bur oak towering over nearby houses at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets. There is a small monument at its bas... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | A close-up view of the gnarled trunk of a large bur oak located in Kettle Moraine State Park. The trunk is distorted by scars and burls. |
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