Name/Title
Playland PostcardEntry/Object ID
2004.036.011Description
The front of the postcard has three black and white photographs on it; the largest photo, and the one that is the background, is tinted green and shows the exterior of the rink; the other two photos show the interior of the rink, with the focus being on the rink floor itself, from two different angles. There is a piece of an old piece of tape at the top of the postcard.
At the top of the left-hand side of the back of the postcard is an illustration of the front exterior of the rink. Everything printed on the back of the postcard is in black: top of left-hand side: "One of America's Great / Roller Skating Rinks / Lincoln Highway - York, Penn'a."; skating schedule, shoe skate sessions, and more on left-hand side: "Playland Club Skating Schedule / Skating Instruction Regular Session / Tues., Wed., Thurs., / Sat., Sun., Evenings. 6:30—8:00 8:00—11:00 / Saturday and Sunday / afternoons ....... 12:30—2:00 2:00—5:00 / Admission, incl. Tax & Clamp-on Skates 55c / Shoe Skate Rental ........ 50c / (Group of 25 or more, 10¢ less per skater) / Bargain Shoe Skate Sessions / Tues. evenings, skater's shoe skates.....45¢ / Playland Shoe Skates..........30¢ / Sat. afternoons, skater's shoe skates....30¢ / Playland Shoe Skates..........20¢ / The Rink may be engaged for Private / Parties on Mondays and Fridays / Phone 5831—Playland"; down the middle: "Lumitone Photoprint - New York Made In U.S.A."; right-hand side: "Post Card" at the top along with a postage stamp area in the upper right-hand corner. Handwriting in blue ink on right-hand side: "Pauline Taplin / Trow Hill / Bare(?), Vt."Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Bill Scammell