Name/Title
Ideal Roller Rink PostcardEntry/Object ID
2004.036.020Description
The front of the postcard is a color illustration of the inside of the roller rink with the rink itself being empty of skaters; there is a blue stripe along the bottom of the front with a blue, white, and red set of stars on each side; all the text within the stripe is a darker shade of blue in comparison to the stripe itself; "Phone: Hudson 9933 / Ideal Roller Rink / Lemay and Bayless / Under Direction of Carl F. Trippe" is printed in the stripe.
Printed blue text on the back of the postcard: down the middle, vertically: "Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)"; right-hand side: "Post Card" in large print with a postage stamp area in the upper right-hand corner; left-hand side: "Roller Skate / To the Hammond Organ / Singing Ceiling / Rainbow Fluorescent Lighting / Roller Dance Instructions Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 6:30 to 7:45 P.M. / Make Reservations for Private Parties for Churches, Societies and Lodges, to raise funds. / Sound-Proof Skating Floor — No Posts / Evening Sessions 8 to 10:30 P.M. / Saturday and Sunday Matinees 2 to 4:30 P.M. / Men in Uniform Admitted Half Price all Public Sessions / Open Summer and Winter". Black stamped text on left-hand side: "Member, U.R.S.S.E. / Exchange Stickers / Marge and James Collarile / 285 Nevins Street / Brooklyn 17, N.Y." There is blue handwriting in marker over the top of some of this stamped text: "823 Ine's / 5".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Bill Scammell