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Smith Family Movie Album
Not all the historic documents are old newspaper clippings. Here some old home movies.Most were taken by Maxine L Smith (was Keller) in the silent 8mm and later super-8mm formats. Maxine kept good records of the scenes and of the people in them. Lincoln D. Smith, Kirby J. Smith and Brian R. Smith can be heard reading these notes and, yes, adding additional comments about the scenes as they fly past. Editor's note: Often the audio commentary will still be talking about the previous scene when the current clip starts or still be talking when the next scene starts. Enjoy!
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| 1963 Easter | Smith Family Easter reunion at Smith Bros. Fish Shanty | The Smith Family gets together for Easter in 1963. Where? Well, the Smith Bros. Fish Shanty restaurant in Port Washington, Wisconsin, of course! This clip includes a great pan of many of the "cousins". The backdrop for this scene is the black and white photo of the tug Oliver H. Smith coming back to port being followed by a "swarm of air rats" (seagulls) looking for a free lunch. If I am not mistaken this is the same photo that was used in the Milwaukee Journal's article entitled Boatloads of Chubs Head for Dinner Table. Length: 56 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 5 MBytes HQ Size: 14 MBytes |
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| 1963 Summer | Indian Village, California | Here are exterior and interior movies of the Smith Bros. Indian Village restaurant in California. Length: 2 min 32 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 6.6 MBytes HQ Size: 38 MBytes |
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| 1964 August 22 | The aftermath of Port Washington's tornado | On Aug 22nd, 1964, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado tore through Port Washington injuring 30 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages. Luckily, nobody was killed. Length: 4 min 32 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 12 MBytes HQ Size: 67 MBytes |
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| 1965 July | Port Washington's Fish day parade | Maybe one of the first of Port Washington's Fish Day parades. See magnificant floats, clowns, marching bands and even a Go Go dancer! Doug Smith has a great origins
of Fish Day article. Bonus: Lincoln Smith taking Brian Smith for a sail boat ride in/out of the Port harbor amoungst fishing tugs. Length: 2 min 21 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 5.5 MBytes HQ Size: 31 MBytes |
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| 1965 Nov | Smith Bros. Fisheries in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan - Keweenaw Point | See Oliver H. Smith in action fishing with the Bert S. at the Smith Bros. Fisheries in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan - Keweenaw Point. Features Lincoln and Maxine Smith and Earl (Birthday!) and Hope Huwatschek families. Length: 3 min 49 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 10 MBytes HQ Size: 56 MBytes |
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| 1965 Dec | Smith Family Christmas reunion at Port's Fish Shanty Restaurant | Every Christmas the Smith and related families would get together for a dinner at the Port Washington Fish Shanty Restaurant. This Christmas was no exception! Length: 1 min 00 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 2.5 MBytes HQ Size: 14.5 MBytes |
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| 1966 Aug | Launching of the Delos Smith II hull to be sold | The Delos Smith fish tug had a fire and exploded in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin, harbor in 1963 or 1964. The hull was dry docked in Port Washington and later sold in 1966 to a man that was going to use it down in Illinois. Length: 2 min 34 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 2.5 MBytes HQ Size: 14.5 MBytes |
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| 1967 May | Maiden voyage of yacht "Ollie" from New York to Port | This is the well documented maiden voyage
of the "Ollie" - a new yacht purchased by Captain Oliver Smith in 1967. The Ollie was delivered to New York city and steamed all the way to Port. The crew members were Lincoln Smith (and his detailed log) and Ned Huawatschek. Sag wagon was Maxine Smith and Hope Huwatschek. Includes the Christening in Port Washington, Wisconsing by Victoria (Tori) Smith (now Klopp). Length: 12 min 48 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 33 MBytes HQ Size: 141 MBytes |
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| 1967 Jul | Fire destroys the Ollie, Oliver Smith's new yacht | Later that summer in 1967, while Smith Bros. was having a picnic for all their employees in the upper Lake Park in Port, a fire started on the Ollie. Arson was suspected but the culprit never found. Length: 35 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 1.5 MBytes HQ Size: 8.5 MBytes |
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| 1968 Feb | Evelyn C. Smith's Birthday Party | Back to Smith Bros. Fish Shanty restaurant for a birthday party for Evelyn C. Smith. Round up the usual suspects! Length: 1 Min 29 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 4 MBytes HQ Size: 21.5 MBytes |
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| 1968 Jun | Smith-Wassink reunions. Bonus: summer trip on the Ollie II with Lincoln and Dan Smith families | Visit with the Smith-Wassink reunion held at Evelyn Smith's cottage on Lake Michigan. Bonus: summer trip on the Ollie II with Lincoln and Dan Smith families. Length: 2 Min 45 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 7 MBytes HQ Size: 40.5 MBytes |
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| 1968 Jul | Port Washington Fish Day Parade - featuring the Roy K. Smith | The Smith Bros. float this year is the Roy K. Smith fish tug. I kept the footage of the first American moon landing at the start of this clip. Grainy movie of the grainy TV. But, it was an awesome time in history! Length: 2 Min 7 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 5.5 MBytes HQ Size: 31 MBytes |
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| 1970 Jan | Sherry Haack and Ken Bouma wedding | Lincoln and Maxine (was Keller) Smith fly to Los Angeles California for the wedding of Sherry Haack and Ken Bouma. Length: 5 Min 46 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 15 MBytes HQ Size: 85 MBytes |
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| 1973 Jan | Smith Family reunion at the Port Fish Shanty | Virginia Haack (was Smith) and Alan and Birdie Smith visit from California. So, what do the Smith's do? Have a lobster meal down at Smith Bros. Fish Shanty restaurant. That is Oliver H. Smith wearing the bib (right). Length: 3 Min 5 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 8 MBytes HQ Size: 45 MBytes |
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| 1973 Sep | Oliver H. Smith steaming into West slip; Footings of the Harborside hotel | The Oliver H. Smith fishing tug is seen steaming into Port Washington, Wisconsin's West slip to eventually moor on the south side to offload its cargo of fish. Dana D. Smith was a crew member at this time. The camera woman (Maxine Smith (was Keller)) swings around to the north and films the foundation works for what shall become the Harborside Best Western motel and continues onto the Fish Shanty Restaurant. Length: 1 Min 32 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 4 MBytes HQ Size: 22.5 MBytes |
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| 1977 Jul | TV newsclip about the proposed Port Washington sign ordinance | The city of Port Washington, Wisconsin wants to adopt a sign ordinance that, for one thing, would cause such historic signs as the "Smith Bros Fish" shanty on thw West Slip to be outlawed. Lincoln Smith argues for a grandfather clause to allow these historic signs to remain - and wins! Length: 1 Min 29 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 4 MBytes HQ Size: 21.5 MBytes |
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| 1979 Dec | Smith and Huatschek kids goofing off in front of the camera | Smith and Huwatschek kids having a good time down at the Smith Bros. Fish Shanty restaurant at the Christmas party there. Length: 55 sec. Source: Lincoln and Maxine Smith home movies. LQ Size: 2 MBytes HQ Size: 13 MBytes |
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