Name/Title
Skylite Hiway 29 Roller Rink PostcardEntry/Object ID
2004.036.034Description
The front of the postcard is a color photograph of the interior of the rink; the rink has yellowish lighting; rink floor is clean and empty of roller skaters; fluorescent signs in the back.
Everything printed on the back is in black: left-hand side: "Skylite Hiway 29 Roller Rink / Mr. & Mrs. Harold Ehrhardt / Taylorville, Illinois. Phone 1017. / Roller Skating Evenings / 7:30 to 10:00 P.M. / Monday & Thursdays Private Parties / Sat.-Sun. -Holidays-Afternoons / 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. / 10,000 sq. feet of smooth maple flooring, fiber- / glass acoustical ceiling. Seats for spectators / behind plate glass windows. / Classes for beginners."; at the top, in the center: "20,118F"; down the middle: "Pub. by L.L. Steward Co., Springfield, Illinois."; right-hand side: "Post Card" in large print with a postage stamp area in the upper right-hand corner. Handwriting in pencil on left-hand side: "Vicks(?) Giamatti(?) / Hotel Leland".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Bill Scammell