Rockaway - Summer Guests Under Canvas at Seaside, Rockaway Beach

Collection: James Supple Collection

Date: ca. 1910; 1905 Material: Black and white postcard Dimension: 5.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 ppi

Creator: I. Stern Identifier: aql:30243 jsc-000221 jsc-000221.tif

Description: Tent City, Seaside, Rockaway Beach. In 1903, Frank Chaffee, a sail and tent maker, opened Rockaway Beach’s largest tent city, between Beach 106 Street and Beach 109 Street, from Rockaway Boulevard to the oceanfront. The renting of tents here became so popular that it wasn’t long before all the space that was available had a tent on it. The total reached 385-plus tents rented for the season, and gas for heating and cooking, running water, and community showers and bathrooms available for patrons.

Title : Rockaway - Summer Guests Under Canvas at Seaside, Rockaway Beach

Collection : aql:30341

Creator : I. Stern

Date : ca. 1910; 1905

Summary/Description : Tent City, Seaside, Rockaway Beach. In 1903, Frank Chaffee, a sail and tent maker, opened Rockaway Beach’s largest tent city, between Beach 106 Street and Beach 109 Street, from Rockaway Boulevard to the oceanfront. The renting of tents here became so popular that it wasn’t long before all the space that was available had a tent on it. The total reached 385-plus tents rented for the season, and gas for heating and cooking, running water, and community showers and bathrooms available for patrons.

Subject : Tents; Beaches

Relation : James Supple Collection

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

Type : Postcards

Format : Black and white postcard; 5.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 ppi

Identifier : aql:30243 jsc-000221 jsc-000221.tif