Sticker: Rip Van Winkle Bowler Skate, Norwalk
Date1959-1960
Mediumpaper, printed ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 11/16 × 4in. (19.5 × 10.1cm)
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineGift of Gary W. Potter
DescriptionSticker advertising the Rip Van Winkle Bowler Skate on Post Road in Norwalk. The sticker is oval shaped with a black background and red text. In the center is a red illustration of the exterior of a building. The text reads, "Rip Van Winkle BOWLERSKATE / THE FAMILY RECREATION CENTER / NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST BOWLING LANES & ROLLER SKATING RINK . . . / UNDER ONE ROOF - AIR CONDITIONED / POST ROAD - NORWALK, CONN."
Object number2013.102.6
InscribedHandwritten in blue ink on back: "May Laurence / RD #1 Somers Pur. Rd. / Mays Landing, N. J. / Closed"Stamped in black ink on back: "FRANCES BRYAN / 137 S. Penn St. / Allentown, PA"
Stamped in black ink on back: "Member U. R. S. S. E. / Robert I. Mack / Lyon Sta. , Pa."
Stamped in black ink on back: "MEMBER / EARL WILES / 100 CRESCENT ST. / MIDDLETOWN, CT. / URSSE"
Stamped in black ink on back: "Charlotte Drever, / 8947 - 92 Street / Woodhaven, 21, N.Y. / Member U.R.S.S.E."NotesSubject Note: Rip Van Winkle Bowlerskate announced its grand opening of a bowling and roller-skating facility on April 24, 1959. The building was located at 701 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut. By October 1960, the owners sold the company to the Brentross Realty Corporation of New York.
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1940-1950
1940-1950s
probably 1880s-1941
1940 - 1963
