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Lake Geneva
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View from boat towards the waterfront at Lake Geneva with the Whiting House Hotel on the left and the pier extending to the right. A large sidewheel steamboat with a banner reading "Lake Geneva" and two smaller launches are on the right.
1895
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Steamboat Landing at Whiting House
1880
Stereograph elevated view of a steamboat landing in front of the Whiting House. Groups of people are standing on the pier, and more are on the steamboat. Sailboats are lined up along the piers.
The Whiting House
1880
View from water over boats towards the four-story wood frame Second Empire style Whiting House Hotel standing on the lake shore at Lake Geneva. Several sets of stairs lead to a porch which extends ...
Boathouse
1935
View from end of pier towards three boys posing in the water of Geneva Lake in front of the boathouse at Black Point Estate. A woman observes from the narrow pier near the shoreline. Two boats rest...
Pier at Black Point
July 2, 1939
The launch "Penguin" is moored at the pier at Black Point; the United States flag is lifted by the breeze. A brick walkway leads to the pier.
Lake Geneva Steamboat
1895
Elevated view of Lake Geneva with the Lake Geneva steamboat.
The "Lorely"
1910
Elsa Seipp Madlener, center, poses with her husband Albert, right, and another man, possibly Ed Daily, the engineer of the steam launch "Lorely." A handwritten caption notes that the occasion was t...
