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.
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
Rights :
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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
Subject:
Piers; Boardwalks
Piers; Boardwalks
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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