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Ernst Schmidt
July 3, 1916
Ernst Conrad Schmidt (1893-1977) skips the "Water Witch" off the shore of Geneva Lake near Black Point Estate. There is a larger boat in the background near the shore.
On the Pier at Black Point
August 1, 1954
Ernst C. Schmidt and Mary Helen Anderson stand on a pier and pose next to the Black Point launch "Nepenthe."
Sailing on Geneva Lake
September 3, 1916
Ernst Schmidt (1893-1977) and Jean Happich sail the boat "Illiola." Schmidt was a grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, who established Black Point Estate in 1888.
Pier at Black Point
July 15, 1922
A description of this photograph written by Ernst Schmidt reads, "The Black Point Pier on Saturday, July 15, 1922, just before the start of a class "C" race." There are several men standing on the ...
Sailing School
August 8, 1941
View across water of women and children sitting on the deck of the Sailing School Ship on Lake Geneva. Herb Taylor, partly obscured on the afterdeck, was the instructor.
Class "C" Boat Race
August 1925
The start of the Class "C" race of the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta at Lake Geneva. Ernst Schmidt wrote in a description of this photograph, "59 boats started in one of the races. This ...
