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Birthday Tablescape, Scenes IV, V, and VI
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Six scenes of miniature landscapes and interiors comprise a tablescape honoring six decades in the life of Emma Seipp Schmidt on the occasion of her sixtieth birthday. A poem glued to the reverse of the photograph explains the scenes. In this photograph are, from left to right, scenes IV, V, and VI. At left (the 1900's), the Schmidt family enjoys an evening at their home at 3328 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. In the center (the 1910's), the steamer Loreley is depicted carrying family and guests across Geneva Lake to Black Point Estate. The family's sailboat, Black Point, is also seen. At far right (the 1920's), the Schmidt family enjoys a summer day at the estate. Real foliage and flowers are mingled with artificial trees of loofah and other materials to form the landscape, which is completed with miniature furniture, lamps, dolls and toy animals. In the background is a large stained glass window, live plants and an aquarium on a stand.
February 26, 1928
Fox Studio
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Birthday Tablescape, Scenes I, II, and III
February 26, 1928
Six scenes of miniature landscapes and interiors comprise a tablescape honoring six decades in the life of Emma Seipp Schmidt on the occasion of her sixtieth birthday. A poem glued to the reverse o...
Dining Porch at Black Point
1970
Low flower arrangements decorate a table set for at least 25 people on the screened dining porch at the main house at Black Point Estate. There is a large stained glass window set into the far wal...
Alma and Ilze
1982
Alma Schmidt Petersen, left, enjoys a meal with her niece (by marriage), Ilze Reese, in the dining room of the main house at Black Point Estate. This photograph may have been taken around the time ...
Dining Porch at Black Point
July 11, 1974
Alma Schmidt Petersen, wearing a summer dress and flower lei, stands at a long table on the dining porch of the main house at Black Point Estate surrounded by seated family members and friends. She...
Dining Room at Black Point
September 1954
An ornate dining table with matching chairs anchors the dining room at Black Point. There is a stained glass window at the far end of the room over a built-in china cabinet with mirror. A three pan...
Children at the Playhouse
1905
Ernst Schmidt poses in the doorway of the playhouse on the grounds at Black Point Estate. He is wearing an exotic native American style costume adorned with feathers and small furs. Two women sit o...
