Rockaway - Tent City, Rockaway Beach
Collection: James Supple Collection
Date: ca. 1910; 1905
Material: Color postcard Dimension:
5.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 ppi
Creator: S. Hirschberg
Identifier: aql:30172 jsc-000067 jsc-000067.tif
Description: Tent City, Rockaway Beach. Auer’s tent city was laid out on land rented from George C. Tilyou of Coney Island, at the southeast corner of Beach 98 Street and the Rockaway Boulevard, inside Tilyou’s steeplechase park, which opened at Rockaway Beach in 1901. In the same season, more tents were added by the demand, and the tents spread to the whole block between Beach 97 and Beach 98 Street in Tilyou’s park.; Address, postmark, stamp and inscription on verso. Text addressed to Mr. Peter H. Zipp, reads: Dear Peter and Olive, We are having a fine time we went to Rockaway Beach Sunday. We are in Elmhurst now. We are going to Scharffs Tuesday. We'll probably come home Saturday sometime. From Mother and Anne
Creator :
S. Hirschberg
Date :
ca. 1910; 1905
Summary/Description :
Tent City, Rockaway Beach. Auer’s tent city was laid out on land rented from George C. Tilyou of Coney Island, at the southeast corner of Beach 98 Street and the Rockaway Boulevard, inside Tilyou’s steeplechase park, which opened at Rockaway Beach in 1901. In the same season, more tents were added by the demand, and the tents spread to the whole block between Beach 97 and Beach 98 Street in Tilyou’s park.; Address, postmark, stamp and inscription on verso. Text addressed to Mr. Peter H. Zipp, reads: Dear Peter and Olive, We are having a fine time we went to Rockaway Beach Sunday. We are in Elmhurst now. We are going to Scharffs Tuesday. We'll probably come home Saturday sometime. From Mother and Anne
Subject :
Tents; Beaches
Rights :
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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 :
Color postcard; 5.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 ppi
Identifier :
aql:30172 jsc-000067 jsc-000067.tif
Subject:
Tents; Beaches
Tents; Beaches
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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