[Home Movie: William Schmidt Collection, early 1960s, Family life with Christmases and birthdays, Minot, ND]

About this film

Synopsis Home life, gardening, hunting, birthdays, and several Christmases with the Schmidts and their young children. Collection Description This film (Schmidt_0002) is part of the Bill Lewis & Schmidt Family collection. This collection encompasses the personal and professional life of “Bill Lewis” and the Schmidt family. It is the family joke that Schmidts are collectors and savers--but not the most apt organizers or record keepers. The family has always been vaguely aware their old family film reels, most often captured by Bill, existed in a box “somewhere.” When the family matriarch, Margaret “Proxie” made the decision to downsize from her condo, her and Bill’s children--James “Jim”, Karen, and Karla-- and eldest granddaughter, Kayla Schmidt, gathered to help clear out her storage. Bill was a diligent photographer and videographer. His work on the radio as “Bill Lewis” allowed him to capture sound as well. Proxie’s family had been in the Minot, North Dakota area for several generations. Photo albums were located with pictures dating back a century. The reels discovered in her basement aren't as clear as to what they contain. Proxie is in her 90s and Bill would have turned 100 t…

Subjects

home movies; Christmas trees; gifts; gardens; pigs; playgrounds; swing sets; 1960s trains; fires; drag races; clowns; Minot, North Dakota

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