Moonlight Garden Roller Skating Palace Postcard

Collectible

National Museum of Roller Skating

Name/Title

Moonlight Garden Roller Skating Palace Postcard

Entry/Object ID

1980.007.019

Description

The front of the postcard is composed of two color illustrations of the outside and inside of the rink; the inside illustration depicts an empty rink. At the top, in black print is "Moonlight Garden Roller Skating Palace / Springfield, Illinois". Everything on the back of the postcard is in blue print: 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 / Saturday and Sunday Matinee 2:30 — 4:30 / Hammond Organ Music Nightly / Member National Association / R.S.R.O.A. Roy C. Dexheimer, Jr. / Professional Instructor / Phone 20616"; down the middle, vertically: "Nationwide Advertising Speciality Co., Tyler, Texas —In Springfield Phone Elizabeth Miller. 3-2326 or 2-5631."; right-hand side: "Fullcolor / © / Post Card" in large print with a postage stamp area in the upper right-hand corner that has "F10261 / Place Stamp Here / Made In U.S.A." printed within it.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Paul J. Gilbert