The front of the postcard has a color illustration with a poem underneath it; the illustration has two sets of figures and all the figures have pale skin; the set of figures on the left are not on roller skates and the man is wearing a brown suit and the woman is wearing a green dress. The set of figures on the right are all on roller skates; all the humans have red hair; the tiniest one is wearing a pink dress and is holding hands with a black cat; the other child has a long braid with a green ribbon and is wearing a green blouse as well as an orange and green checkered skirt and she is swaying towards the cat; the oldest woman is wearing a long pink dress with two green ribbons in her hair and one of her feet is off of the ground; the man in the blue suit is falling with both of his feet up in the air and his brown hat falling towards the ground. Underneath the illustration is a poem printed in black: "Everybody skates but Mother / She gets mad all right. / Pa gets a skate on Sunday / Which lasts till Saturday night. / Sister skates on rollers, / Sometimes brother Dan, / Most of the time he's on one / Like our old Man". Underneath the last line is a copyright printed in black: "copyright 1906 by the ROSE Co.".
On the back of the postcard "MAIL CARD" is in large black print. There is a green and white 1907 special 1 cent stamp with Captain John Smith on it. Circular black stamp with information about when and where this postcard was stamped (a piece of the paper is gone so only some of the information can be seen): "Atlan...N.J.(?) / Jul / 6 — / 1907". In the bottom left corner is "TP 6" printed in black. Handwritten note has been written vertically on the left side: "Bridget and Margarite". Underneath the circular black stamp is the handwritten information about the recipient of the postcard: "Luise(?) Ptellow(?) Frank / 904 Reed PL / Phila Pa".
