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This 8mm film was shot by Dave Brouchoud. It details flooding on Main Street in Mishicot, Wisconsin on December 28, 1959, and the deadly explosion and fire that broke out at the home of George W. Schmidt as a result of the high water. Read more about the flood and fire here.

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This is a portion of a large photo, postcard, and correspondence collection from the Schmidt and Chloupek families of Mishicot, Wisconsin. The photos in this set are attributed to George Schmidt Jr. (1934 – 2007). View George’s obituary here.

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This is a portion of a large photo, postcard and correspondence collection from the Schmidt and Chloupek families of Mishicot, Wisconsin. The majority of the correspondence in this set is addressed to George Schmidt Jr. (1934 – 2007). View George’s obituary here.

Tags: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, aerial, george schmidt, bernice chloupek, northern life tower, seattle, milwaukee, sheep mountain, washington park, berthoud pass, new orleans, pikes peak, canada, toronto, salt lake city, state capitol, utah, denver, casa loma, col dousman, praire du chien, sherman mueller, villa louis, community house, two rivers, court house, manitowoc, arvin asplund, berry-lincoln store, new salem state park, brookfield zoo, carnegie astronomical observatory, henry schmitt, hooker reflector, mount wilson, hotel manitowoc, douglas bomber, lincoln park zoo, chicago, karl ratzsch’s, john spevacek, jack spevacek, mackinac island, madison, michigan avenue, milwaukee public library, glen kruse, stella solaris, lyle kruse, mungstener brucke, municipal auditorium, sarasota, florida, newport graded school, norwegian america line, ogden, ogden canyon, robert pohl, mount rainier, norway, camp belle isle, harry truman, jackson county, missouri, great lakes, illinois, u.s. naval training center, summer white house, lake superior, risor, bookmobile, schlob lichtenstein, arkansas, louis cootway, sebastian county court house, fort smith, swedish american line, memphis, zoo, smith tower

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A wedding invitation mailed to George Sr., George Jr., and Lillian Chloupek Schmidt on November 6, 1944. The invitation is attributed only to “Eleanor.” Its return address is 2614 Calumet Avenue, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. This item is a portion of a large photo, postcard, and correspondence collection from the Schmidt and Chloupek families of Mishicot, Wisconsin.

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This is a portion of a large photo, postcard, and correspondence collection from the Schmidt and Chloupek families of Mishicot, Wisconsin. The majority of the correspondence in this set is addressed to George Schmidt Sr. (1887 – 1975). View George’s obituary here.

Tags: 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1942, george schmidt sr, george schmidt, kenny schmidt, college avenue, park avenue, appleton, juneau park, milwaukee, agriculture hall, brotherton mine, eagle river, hotel loraine, michigan, wisconsin river, milwaukee public library, ragged rock, lake park, lake michigan, mitchell park, sunken gardens, northwestern college, caledonia, recitation hall, viaduct, wells street, tomah, lewis fountain, luke mills, nwu military, watertown, wakefield, madison, uw madison

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This is a portion of a large postcard and correspondence collection from the Schmidt and Chloupek families of Mishicot, Wisconsin. The majority of the correspondence in this set is addressed to Lillian Chloupek Schmidt (1888-1960), Anna Tesarik Chloupek (1861-1935), Victor Chloupek (1881-1930), Olga Chloupek (1891-1911), Edwin Chloupek (1893-1972), and Blanche Chloupek Cootway (1886-1955).

View Lillian’s obituary here and learn more about her career as the first woman to serve as the Manitowoc County Superintendent of Schools here.

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Photos from the Badger State Games 5th Torch Run, which was held in Mishicot, Wisconsin, and stopped at the Mishicot Historical Museum. After the run, Cindy Bremser, 1984 Olympic runner, donated her Olympic uniform to the museum.

From an October 1989 Mishicot Area Growth And Improvement Committee newsletter:

Cindy Bremser, U.S. competitor at the 1984 international Supper Olympics, who grew up in Mishicot, recently donated her original Olympic runner’s costume to the Mishicot museum. The presentation was made June 17 at the conclusion of the 1989 Mishicot Torch Run, to Doug Kieffer, coordinator for the local Torch Run, and George Schmidt, of the MAGIC historical committee. Twenty local people participated in the 1989 Torch Run, which is now in its fifth year, and is held in conjunction with the Badger State Games. It is sponsored, in Mishicot and about seventy other Wisconsin communities of various sizes, by GTE (parent corporation of General Telephone Co.). Local sponsors for 1989 included Rose’s Century Inn, the Mishicot Veterans of Foreign Wars, Krause’s Shopping Center, Buffalo Don (who provided water for the runners), the Mishicot Knights of Columbus, the Lambert Funeral Home, the People for a Drug-Free Youth, and Dr. John L. Stoune of the Wellness Center. Mishicot’s is the only

Torch Run held in Manitowoc County.

The route for this year’s run started at the VFW Club, and ended at the Mishicot Museum building (former Town Hall), where lunch was served to contestants and guests by Krause Catering. Special thanks are due George Krause, Cindy Bremser, Damon Ryan, Doug Day of WOMT Radio, Debra Horn of the Lakeshore Chronicle, GTE representative Leroy Staff, Assemblyman Dale Bolle, Mrs. Doug Kieffer and family, and the MAGIC thematic/historical committee for the success of this year’s event. Plans are already being made for the 1990 run. The torch, which is about 2.5 feet tall and is operated by liquid fuel, is carried by one of the runners, and is symbolic of traditional Olympic-type competition. .Although the run is not intended as a competition between individual runners, there are awards presented to communities and towns for the quality of the event, based on enthusiasm, participation, news media cover­ age, decorations, and the like. Mishicot was awarded a bronze medal in 1966 and a silver medal in 1988.

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An October 17, 1993 receipt for Krause’s Shopping Center at 527 E. Main Street in Mishicot, Wisconsin. The receipt is addressed to George Schmidt and has a typewritten annotation on the back noting that 20 lbs. of flour was purchased for MAGIC to build the Pumpkinfest pumpkin float, 10 lbs. of which was returned.

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Photos from the February 1986 Mishicot Area Growth & Improvement Committee banquet, which was hosted at Frank & Rose’s Century Inn in Mishicot, Wisconsin. Photos were captured by Grace Schleis.

Tags: 1986, antiques, george schmidt, delmar dvorak, lila dvorak, grace schleis, magic banquet, opera house

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