Name/Title
Moonlight Garden Roller Skating Palace PostcardEntry/Object ID
2004.036.033Description
The front of the postcard includes two color illustrations; the top illustration is of the exterior of the roller rink including its colorful signage; the illustration on the bottom of the the inside with the rink itself empty. "Moonlight Garden Roller Skating Palace / Springfield, Illinois" is at the top in black print.
Everything printed on the back of the postcard is in: left-hand side: " "Moonlight Garden" / Roller Skating Palace / Largest and Most Beautiful in Middle West / Junction-Route 4, 36 & 54 / Skating Every Night 7:30 -10:30 (Except Mon.) / Saturday and Sunday Matinee 2:30-4:30 / Hammond Organ Music Nightly / Member National Association, R.S.R.O.A. / Mr. & Mrs. Roy C. Dexheimer, Sr., Manager-Owners / Mr. & Mrs. Roy C. Dexheimer, Jr., / Professional Instructors / Phone 20616"; on the left-hand side, vertically: "Published by Elizabeth F. Hillier, Springfield, Ill."; down the middle, vertically: "A "ShiniColor" by "Colourpicture", Boston 15, Mass, U.S.A."; at the top, in the center: "SK6773"; right-hand side: "Post Card" in large print with a postage stamp area in the upper right-hand corner.
Black stamped text in lower left-hand corner: "Paul E. Larson / 1 Florence St. / Cambridge, Mass.". Blue stamped text on top of right-hand side: "Carol Ann Deiber / 917 N. Mohawk St. / Chicago 14, Ill.".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Bill Scammell