1898 Ice Skating Van Cortlandt & Central Park NY ~ Article, Photos

This is an original illustrated magazine article that has been carefully extracted from an 1898 issue of Metropolitan Magazine.

Photos include:

ï The Club House at Van Cortlandt Park where the skater's heart can be warmed by ginger ale
ï Teaching the young idea how to skate
ï Strapping on and tightening clamps prior to a boys race
ï Watching the "stunts" of a fancy skater
ï The Lake in Central Park, where skaters congregate
ï and others

Title: Skating in Greater New York by D.L. Cousins

Length (includes front & back): 5 pages

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 6 x 9

Condition: VG to excellent (the atticpaper watermark does not appear on the actual article)