Label: Hartford Skating Palace
Date1940-1963
Mediumpaper, printed ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 4 5/8 × 5 1/8in. (11.7 × 13cm)
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA label for Hartford Skating Palace at 3340 Main St., Hartford. The label has a shield shape and features a yellow and blue color motif and an illustration of a woman roller skating.
Object number2026.1.40
InscribedStamped in black ink on back: "MILES FLANAGAN / R.D. 1 / NORTH GIRARD, PENN."Stamped in black ink on back: "MEMBER / EARL WILES / 100 CRESCENT ST. / MIDDLETOWN, CT. / URSSE"
Stamped in black ink on back: "FEB 2 0 1960"NotesSubject Note: The building at 3340 Main St., Hartford opened as an indoor roller rink in 1940. It was under the management of Benjamin R. Richland, Fred Bowers, and Joseph Block. The rink operated until 1963. The building was later used as a furniture store and a social club venue.
On View
Not on view
1940-1963
1940 - 1963
1949-1954
1939-1947
1940s-1966
1942-1956
1942-1956
