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James MacIntyre received this certificate for the rescue of a man who fell off his boat as well as two other people who jumped into the water to help the man who fell off his boat.


James is the teenager who is the second from the right in theā€¦

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The date this photograph was taken is unknown.
Mayor Kristensen is the gentleman in the center of the photograph with a suit and white hair. Other people in this photo are unidentified.

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This a photograph of patrol man Thomas Beairsto in Getty Square close St. John's Church in the year 1900.

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This was a recreation of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
At this attraction actors playing firefighters and members of the audience (including children) helped "put out" the fire.

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The amusement park opened in 1960 and closed in 1964.

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These boats were floating on a body of water that was created to look like The Great Lakes.
The tugboat is in the foreground; the sternwheeler is behind it.

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This farm was sponsored by Borden's Diary, which was in The Great Plains part of the park.

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This "spacecraft" was sponsored by Braniff International Airways. This ride was in Satellite City, a futuristic part of the park.

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Staged train robberies occasionally occurred on it in the Wild West part of the park.

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This guide was created in 1960.
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