(79/229) 1946ca ALfred & Irmgard Schmidt.jpg

Alfred & Irmgard Schmidt check the mail box at the end of their farm driveway, circa 1946.

78: 1946 - Alfred Schmidt puts finishing touches on the new milk house attached to the cow barn on his farm, with "help" from Tippy. That MAY be his wife Irmgard next to him on the roof.
77: 1946 - the new milk house is taking shape.
76: 1946 - the framework of the new milk house is visible on the left, as the outline of the old milk house is still seen on the side of the cow barn.
75: 1946 - the old milk house is nearly gone.
74: 1946 - tearing down the old milk house in preparation for building a new one.
73: 1946 - the old milk house attached to the cow barn on the Schmidt family farm.
72: Schmidt family farm outhouse and the smoke house built by Alfred's father Fred W. Schmidt, about 1936, when the smoke house was no longer in use.
71: Irmgard Schmidt shows off how gentle the family dog, Tippy, is with a litter of kittens.
70: Irmgard Ruhbusch Schmidt in her flower garden behind the farm house, about 1946.
69: Irmgard Ruhbusch Schmidt tends the garden behind the farm house, c. 1946.