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Claude Schmidt in the lap of the Lincoln statue in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus. In those days, coeds would always walk behind the statue, because the students claimed that Lincoln would stand up if a virgin walked in front of him!

62: Claude Schmidt circa 1946.
61: Claude Schmidt about 1946, probably in Madison, Wisconsin.
60: Claude Schmidt and roommate Chenoweth Watson in front of "Pres House," the Presbyterian student house where they roomed at the University of Wisconsin. One of their jobs at the house was to shovel coal in the basement for the furnace. There was a shower in the basement, so rather than get their clothes all dirty, they shoveled coal in the nude and then showered!
59: Alfred Schmidt about 1946 in his leather rocker in the farmhouse kitchen. The bench his sons Ruben and Claude sat on for meals is visible to the right, and the Regulator clock is above him on the wall.
58: Claude Schmidt was working with his father Alfred (pictured) cutting hay when the load tipped over (about 1946). Claude ran to get a second pitchfork to clean up, and also grabbed his camera to get this shot. His father was less than amused that Claude stopped to take a picture.
57: Claude Schmidt college graduation, 1946.
56: Claude Schmidt on the family farm with a sheep, about 1946.
55: Alfred Schmidt in his World War I uniform alongside son Claude in his Navy cadet uniform, about 1945.
54: Alfred Schmidt models his World War I Army uniform alongside his son Ruben in his World War II uniform, about 1944.
53: Claude Schmidt in Navy cadet uniform in 1944 at age 19.