Name/Title
Merrily We Roll Along PostcardEntry/Object ID
1998.000.007Description
Front of the postcard is a color illustration; the illustration includes a boy and a girl roller skating together while holding hands; the girl is white, has brown hair, has two ends of something poking out of either side of her head, and she is wearing a blue hat with two feathers, a patchwork dress of a variety of colors, and metal skates with yellowish wheels; the boy is also white with blonde hair, a white hat, and he is wearing a red sweater, brown gingham pants with some holes that show the red stockings he's wearing poking through, and he is also wearing metal skates with yellowish wheels. Beneath the illustration in small black print is "704 / Copyrighted 1907 by Julius Bien & Co. N.Y."; at the bottom is " "Merrily We Roll Along" " in black print.
On the back, everything printed in faded black (or could just be grey); "Post Card" in large print next to the logo of the company that made the postcard as well as a 1 cent green and white Benjamin Franklin stamp; there is text vertically on the side that is partially gone due to wear, but this is what can be read: "Keystone Post Card...Number 70 / Published by Ju-...Company N.Y.". There is a space titled "This Space May Be Used for Writing" as well as one labeled "This Side is For the Address Only". Black circular stamp with information about when and where the postcard was sent: "Mankato Minn. / Jan 13 / 2-30P /1908". There is a handwritten note in the "Correspondence" section: "Hello Kid. Here is a picture of me at the rink. We are having a sparly (?) time here. Won't you send that picture now. Afours (??) / 918 S. Front (?) St. Love St.". On the "Address" side: "Miss Julia Baker / Haurka (?) Minn". There is tape on the back of the postcard that is somewhat on top of the handwriting in the "Address" side.Collection
PostcardAcquisition
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