Name/Title
"Do You Rink?" PostcardEntry/Object ID
1986.035.019Description
The front of the postcard is a color illustration of a bunch of falling skaters; the skaters are wearing outfits in a variety of colors and all have pale skin; there are four main figures which are the ones involved in the collision; the other figures include a skating couple to the left-hand side and a woman skater who has fallen on the ground in the background of the illustration; the figures in the middle involve one who is on the ground and two who are tripping over him as well as a man barreling towards the accident looking as if he is about to be the next victim of the pile-up; the figures are skating at a skating rink. "Do You Rink?" is in black print in the top right-hand corner; on the bottom, in the center, "You Soon "Tumble" To It" is in black print; in the bottom right-hand corner "Registered Copyright / No. 9381/5" is next to a shield shaped logo with "W R & S" within it, all in black print with "GF" (artist's signature?) above it, also in black print. Circa 1910.
Everything on the back that is printed is in a rusted orange color: two sections: "For Correspondence" and "For Address Only."; on left side, vertically: "Printed in Britain"; "Post / Card" in large print in a banner design with leaves around it, "W R & S" logo is in between the letters and has "Reliable Series" printed underneath it. Green and white postage stamp in the upper right-hand corner. Black stamp with information about where and when this postcard was sent: "Glasgow / 11 PM / Jul 22 09A". In the "Correspondence" section: "Thanks for P.e. (?) the weather is dull and cold here. hope you are getting Plenty of sunshine and strawberries at Laurencekirk getting along alright in a quiet (?) way. A.S.". In the "Address" section: "Miss. S. Weir / c/o Mrs. Willock / Gardenstone Avenue / Laurencekirk".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Bill Ludascher