Name/Title
Ideal Roller Rink PostcardEntry/Object ID
1988.029.007Description
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. Circa 1950.
Printed blue text on the back of the postcard: down the middle, vertically: "Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-[...]" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)"; right-hand side: "Post Card" in large print; left-hand side: "Roller Skate / [...] Hammond Organ / Singing Ceiling / Rainbow Fluorescent Lighting / [...] 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".
Green and white one cent postage stamp in the upper-right hand corner; on top of the postage stamp is a black stamp which includes the text "Remember-Only [...] Prevent Forest Fires" next to an image of a tree(?). Black circular stamp with information regarding when and where this postcard was sent from: "Saint Louis, MO. 3 / Sep 19 / 11:30 AM / 1949". Bottom of left-side is a black stamp with what seems to be the recipient's address information: "C.C. Middleton / 3305 Michigan Ave. / St. Louis 18, MO.".
Handwritten note on left-hand side: "Dear Sis(?), [...] illustrated [...] on X-mas Candle(?), gifts and handlebuchilfa(???)"; Handwriting on right-hand side: "Little School Studio / 67 Chapert(?) St(?) / Northhampton Mass.".Collection
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Source (if not Accessioned)
Tony Kissing