Name/Title
Queens Roller Rink PostcardEntry/Object ID
2004.036.016Description
The front of the postcard is a color illustration of Queens Roller Rink's empty rink; above and below the illustration are blue bars; "Designed for the Pleasure of Skating" in white cursive print above the illustration and "Queens and Horace Harding Boulevards / One block from 8th Avenue Subway [Woodhaven Blvd Sta.]" below the illustration, also in white print; in the lower left corner is a yellow square with a red and blue crown riding on top of a roller skate with red wheels; above the crow is "Queens" in red print and "Roller Rink" in black printed on top of what appears to be skating wheels.
Everything on the back of the postcard is in blue print: postage stamp area; "Post...rd" on right side; down the middle, vertically: "Designed and Produced by Harry H. Baumann, 216 W. 18th Street New York, N.Y."; above the vertical text in the middle: "E-7760"; information about the rink in the lower left corner: "Queens Roller Rink / Queens and Horace Harding Boulevards Elmhurst, N.Y. Tel. NEwtown 9-5636 / The finest and one of the largest skating rinks in New York. Complete sound proof construction—affording every possible advantage of the full tonal benefits from the Hammond Organ and Novacord.". At the top of the left-hand side is black stamped text: "Harvey R. Rice / 222 Soundview Road / Huntington, L.I., N.Y.".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Bill Scammell