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Black Point Estate
May 1977
A small boat is seen on the waters of Geneva Lake in this aerial view of Black Point Estate. The main house with its distinctive tower and porches is easily seen above the trees.
Locomobile
November 12, 1928
A 1922 Locomobile (foreground) and a 1917 model of the same make are parked near the main house at Black Point Estate. Geneva Lake is in the background.
The Black Point
1908
View across water towards the Black Point sailing on Geneva Lake. Yerkes Observatory is in the far background.
View from Black Point
1930
View from hill, looking northwest, across Geneva Lake from the main house at Black Point Estate, taken in the spring of the year.
Locomobile
April 5, 1931
Automobile parked in front of the boathouse at Black Point. The description of the photograph written by Ernst Schmidt states, "A 1924 Loco which I just purchased; at Black Point, Lake Geneva, on A...
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.
