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

Title : Rockaway - Tent City, Rockaway Beach

Collection : aql:30341

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

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 : Color postcard; 5.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 ppi

Identifier : aql:30172 jsc-000067 jsc-000067.tif