--- title: What Happened in 1970? Vintage Ad Celebrates C.D. Smith Construction description: C.D. Smith vintage 1970's ad celebrates 35 years of building superior construction management services with Charles D. 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Smith Construction | What Happened in 1970? From Then to Today and How Far We've Come Along the Way! #### Going back in time with a 1970's Ad in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter for 35 Years of Superior Construction Services for General Contractors, Charles D. Smith & Son, Inc.  Where were you in 1970? C.D. Smith was celebrating 35 years of business as C.D. Smith & Son, Inc. We've come a long way! Today, C.D. Smith is celebrating 85 years of proven success as an industry leader in safely providing the highest quality commercial construction services. And our commitment to provide the best value, quality and service in the construction industry has only grown since. ![C.D. Smith Construction Manager vintage ad celebrating 35 years as middle-west general contractors of fine buildings.](https://www.cdsmith.com/hs-fs/hubfs/C.D.-Smith-Construction-Manager-vintage-ad-celebrating-35-years-as-middle-west-general-contractors-of-fine-buildingsBODY01.jpg?width=1180&name=C.D.-Smith-Construction-Manager-vintage-ad-celebrating-35-years-as-middle-west-general-contractors-of-fine-buildingsBODY01.jpg) Pictured above is a full-page ad in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter as printed Saturday, August 22, 1970. The ad copy read as follows:   #### 35 years of Superior Construction Services **       Over the years Smith has been a leader in SUPERIOR construction of fine buildings in all sections of the middle-west.** **       Currently we are busy with the construction of Fond du Lac County's new five million dollar mental health center.** **       Other Fond du Lac and area jobs emphasize our competence.** | **American Telephone and Telegraph Co.** **A & P ** **American Wire Products Corporation** **Aunt Nellie's Foods, Inc.** **Bestt Rollr, Inc.** **Berger's Ladies Apparel Shop** **Jacob Brenner Company** **Buehler Brothers ** **California Canners and Growers** **Care Center East** **Fond du Lac, City of** **Fond du Lac, County of** **Fond du Lac Department Store** **Fond du Lac Savings and Loan Assoc.** **Galloway-West Company** **Giddings & Lewis, Inc.** **Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company** **Green Giant Company** | **Kiekhaefer Corporation** **Kindt Lumber Company** **Kroger Company** **Lums Restaurant** **National Exchange Bank** **A. C. Nielsen Company** **North Fond du Lac, Village of** **Osco Drug** **Ralston Purina Company** **Red Owl Food Stores** **Sears Roebuck and Company** **Top Hat** **Wells Manufacturing Company** **Wisconsin Power and Light Company** **Wisconsin Telephone Company** **Zacherl Funeral Home** **Zinke Company** **And many others.** | | --- | --- | ![C.D. Smith Construction Manager vintage ad celebrating 35 years as middle-west general contractors of fine buildings.](https://www.cdsmith.com/hs-fs/hubfs/C.D.-Smith-Construction-Manager-vintage-ad-celebrating-35-years-as-middle-west-general-contractors-of-fine-buildingsBODY02.jpg?width=1180&name=C.D.-Smith-Construction-Manager-vintage-ad-celebrating-35-years-as-middle-west-general-contractors-of-fine-buildingsBODY02.jpg) Date: Apr 12, 2021 | Author: Molly Haack --- For our [March 30th BENEATH THE HARD HAT post](https://www.cdsmith.com/c.d.-smith-construction-video-celebrating-85-years-of-proven-success-preconstruction-construction-manager-design-build-commercial-projects), we celebrated 85 Years of Proven Success with a video timeline that went back to our beginnings. # C.D. SMITH CONSTRUCTION | [TIMELINE VIDEO CELEBRATING 85 YEARS OF PROVEN SUCCESS](https://www.cdsmith.com/c.d.-smith-construction-video-celebrating-85-years-of-proven-success-preconstruction-construction-manager-design-build-commercial-projects) #### WE REFLECT ON OUR HISTORY AND FOCUS ON THE FUTURE FOR CONTINUING TO GROW OUR REPUTATION ACROSS THE NATION FOR HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION.  *[Click to watch the video from the original post.](https://www.cdsmith.com/c.d.-smith-construction-video-celebrating-85-years-of-proven-success-preconstruction-construction-manager-design-build-commercial-projects)* [![C.D. 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