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Irmgard Ruhbusch Schmidt and sons Claude and Ruben, about 1928, in back of farm house

38: Brothers Claude & Ruben Schmidt on family farm, about 1928
39: Anna Fredericka & Fred W. Schmidt, circa 1930s.
40: Road in front of the Schmidt farm after a big snow storm about 1932. The Herman H. Schmidt farmstead (later Vernon Schmidt's) is in the background. AlfredSchmidt is in front of his Model T Ford with son Claude and dog Glückie.
41: June, 1936: Fred W. Schmidt, son Alfred, unknown (possibly William's daughter), Fred's brother William, Alfred's sons Ruben and Claude. At the back portch of the farmhouse built by Fred W. and owned by Alfred at the time the photo was taken.
42: Claude Schmidt's 8th-grade class at the Hohn one-room country schoo, 1936. Left-to-right are Claude, Phyllis Peter, Bennie Schwartz, and Lorene Otto.
43: Alfred Schmidt and sons Ruben and Claude, circa 1936, pose on the driveway of the family farm.
44: Memorial Day 1936. Brother Ruben (center) and Claude (right) Schmidt pose in front of Spirea bush under elm tree on the family farm. The "chicken" barn is visible on the right.
45: Ruben F. Schmidt's high-school graduation photo, 1937. He was 16 years old.
46: When Claude Schmidt was 14 years old, his dear pet cat Caesar gto run over in the road by their house. He asked his mother to take this picture of him with the cat.
47: Claude Schmidt's high-school graduation photo, 1941. He was 16 years old.