A journey into a collection of 19th and early 20th century Roller Polo and Hockey memorabilia.
Thursday, May 7, 2020
1885 Providence Skating Rink Trade Card / Polo
A pretty strange but interesting skating rink trade card - "Resemblance"
Advertisement for a Christmas Eve (not Christmas Evening) Roller Polo match between teams in Providence and Pawtucket Rhode Island
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Large Early 1880s Roller Polo Team Photo
Over-sized cabinet photo of an unknown seven member roller polo team, early 1880s. Many early teams had pretty wild uniforms. Interesting setting that looks like it's out of the wild west.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
-
Turn of the century photo postcard. Unknown whether the team was called Harrison's Polo Team, or if one of the players was named Harriso...
-
Cabinet cards of the "Bath Polo Team". Slight differences in posing and taken at the same time. Identified on back as having been ...
-
Ice polo was basically the same sport as roller polo, only played on ice wearing ice skates. Rare photos. ...