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Men and boys swimming in the Ohio River. Near them is a paddlewheeler moored to a barge for H. Schminke & Co., manufacturers and dealers for stoves, ranges, warm air furnaces, tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, and tin and slate roofing. According to the sign on the barge, they were the sold agents for Favorite Oak, a brand of stoves, and the business itself was located at the corner of 4th St. and Division St. (SEE ALSO MSS 264-2938 and 2949)