Name/Title
"When I went Roller Skating" PostcardEntry/Object ID
1998.000.010Description
The front of the postcard is a color illustration that only uses the colors red, black, and navy blue while using the color of the postcard itself to fill in gaps and details; one set of figures are of a couple holding hands while roller skating with ease; next to the couple in the background is three roller skaters who have fallen with a woman falling onto a man's face; written in pencil pointing towards the woman falling is "Walking is so easy" written by, presumably, the sender of the postcard; the last figure on the front is a young boy with his arms crossed watching the scenes unfold around him; next to the young boy's feet is "HHB" printed in red and blue; at the bottom of the postcard is "When I went Roller Skating / Design Copyright, 1907, by Art Color Co. Phila. Pa." in blue print.
On the back of the postcard is "Post Card" in round bubbly letters in blue print with a black circular stamp on top of it indicating when and where this postcard was sent: "Reading, Pa. / Aug 24 / 4 — PM / 1907"; green and white Benjamin Franklin 1 cent postage stamp; at the bottom, written in pencil is who the recipient of the postcard was: "Miss Mary X. Jones. / Lenhartsville(?), Pennsylvania.".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
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