Name/Title
"The Real Thing" PostcardEntry/Object ID
1997.000.700Description
Color postcard; depicts a brown-haired white woman in a blue dress, pink and white blouse, golden necklace, white gloves, yellow hat with pink and white accessories roller skating confidently (indicated by her arms being crossed and wide smile); background figures (the crowd of figures in fancy dress as well as the band in suits) watch the roller skater on the rink; blue printed text at the bottom of the postcard: "Copyright, 1907, R. Hill" on one side and "The Real Thing" on the other side.
The back of the postcard is all in black printed text; Two sections: "This Space for Correspondence" and "This Space for Address Only"; above these sections is "Post Card"; a printed logo with a "S" is in the middle between the sections; "Roller Skating Series No.1" is printed vertically on one side of the back; on the other side of the back is a postage stamp placement area: "Place the S[tamp] Here / One Cent for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico / Two Cents for Foreign".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
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