Rockaway - Steeplechase, Rockaway Beach

Collection: James Supple Collection

Date: August 26, 1912; 1912-08-26 Material: Color postcard Dimension: 5.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 ppi

Identifier: aql:30144 jsc-000022 jsc-000022.tif

Description: Steeplechase, Rockaway Beach. This was a bathhouse and amusement area opened by George C. Tilyou's called Steeplechase Park (he also had one at Coney Island), it was next to L.A. Thompson's Park, both parks were later combined into Rockaways' Playland.; Address, postmark, stamp and inscription on verso. Text addressed to Mrs. E.C. Hiler, reads: Dear Mom, We are certainly having a swell time. Harry and Esther's husband are now going in bathing at this place. We were on the boat all morning. Wish you could see the Atlantic as we are now seeing it. Am writing this on a small...

Title : Rockaway - Steeplechase, Rockaway Beach

Collection : aql:30341

Date : August 26, 1912; 1912-08-26

Summary/Description : Steeplechase, Rockaway Beach. This was a bathhouse and amusement area opened by George C. Tilyou's called Steeplechase Park (he also had one at Coney Island), it was next to L.A. Thompson's Park, both parks were later combined into Rockaways' Playland.; Address, postmark, stamp and inscription on verso. Text addressed to Mrs. E.C. Hiler, reads: Dear Mom, We are certainly having a swell time. Harry and Esther's husband are now going in bathing at this place. We were on the boat all morning. Wish you could see the Atlantic as we are now seeing it. Am writing this on a small...

Subject : Bathhouses; Amusement parks

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:30144 jsc-000022 jsc-000022.tif