Racine Times-Call 1915-1932

(Racine Journal Times, January 18, 2014) William C. “Tex” Reynolds, left, sits in the office of the Racine Times Call in this photo from the late 1920s or early 1930s. On the right is Al Schmidbauer, a reporter interviewing a famous actress at the time. The photo was submitted to Faith & Community by Elaine Chadwick Keller of Racine, Schmidbauer’s niece. Keller recalls her uncle telling many stories about Racine. She said he even interviewed gangster Al Capone where he was hiding out but was never able to use the information for a story in fear of retaliation. Schmidbauer later became a sports writer for the Milwaukee Sentinel and then bought into and was part owner of Iroquois Foundry in the late 1950s. He died March 9, 1974. Reynolds, a columnist for The Journal Times, played a major part in the Good Fellers fundraising organization with Toys for Tots as its main beneficiary. The program continues today at the City Hall Annex. Reynolds retired in 1969 and died in 1972.
William C. “Tex” Reynolds, left, sits in the office of the Racine Times Call in this photo from the late 1920s or early 1930s. On the right is Al Schmidbauer, a reporter interviewing a famous actress at the time. The photo was submitted to Faith & Community by Elaine Chadwick Keller of Racine, Schmidbauer’s niece. Keller recalls her uncle telling many stories about Racine. She said he even interviewed gangster Al Capone where he was hiding out but was never able to use the information for a story in fear of retaliation. Schmidbauer later became a sports writer for the Milwaukee Sentinel and then bought into and was part owner of Iroquois Foundry in the late 1950s. He died March 9, 1974. Reynolds, a columnist for The Journal Times, played a major part in the Good Fellers fundraising organization with Toys for Tots as its main beneficiary. The program continues today at the City Hall Annex. Reynolds retired in 1969 and died in 1972. (Racine Journal Times, January 18, 2014)
Racine Times-Call building, on the northeast corner of 7th and Main
Here is a give-away tape measure with a photo of the Racine Times-Call building in 1927. This building had the address of 629-631 Main Street. You can see that this is a very exaggerated or imaginary view of the actual building.