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| Date: | 08 07 1989 |
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| Description: | Jay Taylor, age 12, demonstrates his skill on stilts with a walk down E. Nock Street. |
| Date: | 06 23 1983 |
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| Description: | Aimee Weiss(left), 10, and Darby Cusick, 11, both of Elm Grove, take a spin Thursday on one of the rides at Wirth Park. |
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| Description: | A group of children, possibly J. Robert Taylor's sons and daughters, playing on a pier. Three of the children are lined up in diving poses getting ready to... |
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| Description: | A child is sitting on a small chair in front of a dresser holding a stuffed toy. A doll is sitting on a bench nearby. |
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| Description: | A woman and three children, all wearing hats, dresses, and shorts, are at the beach, playing in the sand. Two of the children have toy buckets. Behind them... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Three boys playing in the water near the shoreline with their pants rolled above their knees. A fourth boy is squatting on the grassy shore, poking one of ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View looking down hill towards two ladies sitting on a park bench. They are looking down the hill which is surrounded by trees, watching children playing n... |
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| Description: | Large group of children wading in the water in a small pool. The girls are holding up the edges of their skirts, and the boys are pulling up their pants. A... |
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| Description: | Five young girls in skirts and dresses running. In the background, a crowd is watching the race. |
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| Description: | Along a wooded shoreline, three children (probably J. Robert Taylor's two daughters and son)are in two boats playing. In one boat a young boy in white is ... |
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| Description: | A group of four boys in a wooded area. Two boys are standing on a small bridge, and the other two are walking along a small creek. |
| Date: | 02 28 1987 |
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| Description: | Stephanie Johnson (from left), 16, Chanell Biami, 15, and Letesa Evans, 16, played a childhood game Friday after seeing their little sisters playing a rope... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A play director wearing a hat and long dress is organizing a game with a group of children, mostly girls wearing dresses, one of which is holding a ball. T... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A group of children, mostly boys wearing caps, playing with flying rings outside at a playground in front of a brick building. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Children playing in a park playground, mainly on a large swing set. |
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| Description: | Children playing on the playground at the State Fair. The children form lines to climb up the two tall ladders to slide down a pole. Several children are n... |
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| Description: | A group of young boys gathered at the steps at the front of a house engaging in some kind of game, perhaps a game of chance. One boy is sitting above them ... |
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| Description: | A group of girls playing jacks on a city sidewalk. All the girls are wearing dresses, and two infants are present, one in a carriage and one in the lap of ... |
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| Description: | View from street of a group of ten children sitting on the curb of a street. Behind them are a house, trees, and a man on a bicycle. Seven of the ten child... |
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| Description: | A group of boys play a game of cards while sitting on the ground between the steps of some houses. At least four boys wear caps, three are wearing pants wi... |
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