A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
An 1890s photo of a roller skate hockey team and an early 1900s postcard with a vintage indoor hockey arena scene are featured in this sensational lot of two original hockey images from the transition from the 19th Century to the 20th. The 6 1/2" x 1/4" sepia-toned roller hockey photo remains mounted on its original 8" x 10" matte, with a vintage family portrait featured on the reverse. This unique early hockey scene depicts six players, each with four-wheeled roller skates on their feet and holding thin hook-shaped hockey sticks and a ball in the foreground. The 3 1/4" x 5 1/4" postcard with an image that could very well be from Montreal's Victoria Rink features a Magog, Quebec postmark on the lower left front dated October 2, 1905. A cancelled one-cent Canadian stamp on the back has a South Stukely, Quebec postmark from the same date. A great pair of hockey images from the earliest days of the game, featuring a move indoors that was wildly successful and a unique variation of hockey that didn't prove to be quite as popular in the long run.
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