Since the Prange family operated the major saw mill of the area, planks for a make shift see-saw would have been no problem. A fine length board would have been relatively easy to acquire. Given the height of the fence at the key balancing point, however, the scene looks like an adventure, perhaps overseen by Louie? standing at the critical station. Since it would appear unlikely the picture was made by anyone but an adult, the activity must have been supervised.
Jim Prange, to whom I owe this image from the 1920s, identifies the middle girl on the sea-saw as Esther and the girl in front of her as Mary Elizabeth. "I could guess on the boys, but it would only be guesses. Is that Louie standing tall on the fence? Perhaps I see Richard, Erwin and my dad - perhaps."
If this is a view of the lower parts of the Bluffs including "The Hole in the Wall," it would have clearly been during a summer season when the river was very low, since I cannot remember the sandbar across the way being so exposed and extended. 1920s?
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