The front of the postcard is a color illustration of a rink with the focus being on a man putting roller skates on a woman's feet; there are roller skaters in the background in the rink as well as many figures sitting in green chairs watching the skaters; the woman has a grateful look on her face and only one of the roller skates has been put on her feet with the other one on the ground; the man is wearing roller skates on both feet; in the bottom left-hand corner "A man finds a pretty maid / And strops her on her roller skate." is printed in black.
On the back of the postcard everything is in faded black print: line splitting the back into 1/4 and 3/4s; at the top of the back in fancy print is "Post-Card/ Postkarte. Carte Postale."; "T.E.L. Theochrom Serie No. 1118 / Made in Germany" printed in lower right-hand corner and "TEL" in a logo form in lower left-hand corner. Green and white Benjamin Franklin one cent postage stamp in the upper right-hand corner is upside down. The black circular stamp with information regarding when and where this postcard was sent is partially faded: "Jamaic.../ Jul / 630 AM". Handwriting on left-hand side: "How would you like to skate with me?" and "Admirer" is at the bottom and is written upside down. Handwriting on right-hand side: "Miss Ethel S. Cary, / Grafton Ave., / Woodhaven / L.J.".
