Rockaway - Iron Pier, Rockaway Beach

Collection: James Supple Collection

Date: September 1, 1913; 1913-09-01 Material: Color postcard Dimension: 5.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 ppi

Identifier: aql:30263 jsc-000060 jsc-000060.tif

Description: The Seaside Iron Pier in Rockaway Beach was located at Beach 105th Street. The Iron Pier was 1.080 feet long when built in 1880; it contained a restaurant, ballroom, barbershop, and steamer landing. After the big winter storms of 1914 and 1920, new smaller pavilions were built, by 1926 what remained was torn out for construction of the new boardwalk.; Address, postmark, stamp and inscription on verso.

Title : Rockaway - Iron Pier, Rockaway Beach

Collection : aql:30341

Date : September 1, 1913; 1913-09-01

Summary/Description : The Seaside Iron Pier in Rockaway Beach was located at Beach 105th Street. The Iron Pier was 1.080 feet long when built in 1880; it contained a restaurant, ballroom, barbershop, and steamer landing. After the big winter storms of 1914 and 1920, new smaller pavilions were built, by 1926 what remained was torn out for construction of the new boardwalk.; Address, postmark, stamp and inscription on verso.

Subject : Piers; Boardwalks

Relation : James Supple Collection

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Coverage : Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY Rockaway Beach (New York, N.Y.) Rockaway (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Postcards

Format : Color postcard; 5.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 ppi

Identifier : aql:30263 jsc-000060 jsc-000060.tif