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Rockaway - Murray's Seaside Dancing Pavilion, 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:30141 jsc-000053 jsc-000053.tif

Description: Murray's Seaside dancing pavilion. Sanford Murray's dance hall, restaurant, hotel and bath house was one of the largest attractions in Seaside in the early 1900's. Located at Beach 103rd Street on the Seaside midway called Ocean Avenue, it had a large 120-foot-by-120-foot dancefloor. It was taken over by Wainwright and Smith Baths Co. before the 1920's.

Collection : aql:30341

Creator : S. Hirschberg

Date : ca. 1910; 1905

Summary/Description : Murray's Seaside dancing pavilion. Sanford Murray's dance hall, restaurant, hotel and bath house was one of the largest attractions in Seaside in the early 1900's. Located at Beach 103rd Street on the Seaside midway called Ocean Avenue, it had a large 120-foot-by-120-foot dancefloor. It was taken over by Wainwright and Smith Baths Co. before the 1920's.

Subject : Dance halls

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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:30141 jsc-000053 jsc-000053.tif

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