Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. This sticker showed official logo of the rink itself. Again, apologies for the name and phone stuff was already on the picture send to me by the town historian. The design really interesting. Very clean look. Source: Thomas Goodwill.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. This sticker showed official logo of the rink itself. Again, apologies for the name and phone stuff was already on the picture send to me by the town historian. The design really interesting. Very clean look. Source: Thomas Goodwill.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. Postcard. Source: Cardcow.com
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. Postcard. Source: Susan Miller Collection.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. Postcard. Source: Etsy.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. Rear of the postcard seen above. Showed size of the rink. Postmarked 1946. Source: Etsy.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. Real photo of interior! Source: Etsy.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. Notice the Skateland on the left middle of this postcard. Easy to find it in the next photo that showed with red domed roof. Source: Bill Rapaport.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. Find the red roof structure. Taken before the fire. Source: Jamestown Trolley website.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. Quite a bit of ladies watching and skating. A very few men. Then I believe this was a "Ladies' Night." This appeared to be in the winter because you can see snow outside through the windows. Source: Jamestown Trolley website.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. The shoe shining boy. Again, unusual. And look at the glasses. Looks very modern because he did not have any black brim "Buddy Holly" style glasses of the time. Buddy Holly Glasses were popular at the time. Source: Jamestown Trolley website.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. Photo Courtesy of Brad Zimmer. From Left to Right: Brad Zimmer, Barbara Kay Zimmer Cusimano, and Lucille Ball, the First Lady of Comedy and Native of Jamestown. The children stepped out of the main door to the rink for this photo opportunity. Lucille often come home to visit her family and friends at least once a year or so. (Lucy Desi Museum resources). Brad went on to operate his own rink. Source: Brad Zimmer.
Note: Update on 28 January 2022. C.C.S. told me in email that little girl with Brad Zimmer and Lucille Ball in front of the rink corrected my error. It was her mother. Sorry for the error!
Note: Update on 28 January 2022. C.C.S. told me in email that little girl with Brad Zimmer and Lucille Ball in front of the rink corrected my error. It was her mother. Sorry for the error!
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY. Big advertisement in the Billboard weekly newspaper. Source: Billboard 30 November 1946, page 99 (FULL page advertisement!) Copyrighted Digitally remastered by Dead-Rinks for clean up, clear picture.
Celoron Skateland Celoron Park, Celoron (Jamestown), NY
This rink was around when there was Celoron Park existed back the day. It was part of what it was called, "Coney Island of the West." Coney Island had all the amusement and entertainment facilities including roller coasters, roller skate rink, and water slides. All by the water or sea side. There was not much about the rink. It was founded by Harry A. Illion. The post card could be when the rink was already a decade old or whatever. It was taken somewhere between 1939 and closed in late 1960s due to a fire. Celoron Skateland was part of the amusement park at the time so likely the dates of the park itself which was from 1894 to the late 1960s because a fire in late 1960s destroyed the facility.
This was the second roller rink established in that park after the Moor style Auditorium burned down in 1920.
Harry A. Illions operated the rink first. Later the Zimmers Family operated.
The exact location was not available on its website, jamestowntrolley.org there are little information on that site.
The structure was a curved roof format with red colored roof. That would have easily be attracted by bird view when people ride in planes. It was white on the outside but the rink, which was wood, apparently looked full size rink with steel truss as seen in the postcard.
Skaters who would rest would sit by wooden beach with iron cast decorative ends. The rail apparently looked wood in the photo. Interesting to note that most skaters leaning by the rail are females and they apparently do not have skates on! They had sandals on! That is quite unusual for its era in the photo. It looks 1950s because of the skirts, hairdos, and blouses.
One of the photos is quite interesting that it had a shoe shining boy who would shine leather shoes for skaters and fans including that well-to-do gentleman in the photo. This is very unusual. Perhaps it is because of Celoron Skateland was part of the amusement park and usually those parks have shoe shiners. Having seen them back at state fairs in the days of 20th Century.
The interior design showed that it had three red stripes running from one end to another on highest point of the curved ceiling. The walls were green. Likely Moss Green of its day (popular color of its day), And the rails were clear wood stain color the same as the rink itself. It had dark tone of colors for trimming such as Emerald Green trims.
Some links are saying this rink is the same rink as Evan's Skateland. I need verification to say it is the same and they said that Evans also burned down.
However! According to Jamestown Trolley website, was the Moor Auditorium the real original skating rink before Celoron was located? It may or may not have been the same location. Likely at a different location. See the Celoron Moor Auditorium page here.
Closed due to a fire in late 1960s. The second rink in that area burned down! Evan's burned down too. Many say it was the Even's Curse because all three burned down.
Interesting to note that First Lady of Comedy, Lucille Ball of I Love Lucy fame and other shows stopped by the rink as part of her annual visit to her hometown, Jamestown. (see photo above). Brad's parents managed both Celoron Park and the Celoron Skateland! This is perhaps why they were pictured with Lucy.
His mother, Dorothy Zimmer ran the amusement park while his father, Oscar Zimmer ran the roller rink. Because of this, Brad was well developed into a competitor in skating tournaments. He later managed his own rink with a certain Mr. Evans with the Erie Skateland West in Erie, PA which is still in operations.
Rink Size: 85' x 180' (Source: postcard) Floor: wood. Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: 1939?
Type of Building: Free Span Steel D-Roof Cinderblock Building. Destroyed: Fire in 1960s.
Roof: D-Roof
Acres: N/A (part of Trolley Park and neighborhood full of houses.
Operated: 1939 to late 1960s; destroyed by Fire.
Wanted: more photographs, and when exactly it was burned down.
Sources:
Jamestown Trolley
Brad Zimmer PDF
Email - C.C.S. (28 Jan 2022).
Billboard - 30 November 1946. Page 99.
Date of Issue: January 2020. Update: 28 January 2022.
For Office Only: 13.
© Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3-17.
This rink was around when there was Celoron Park existed back the day. It was part of what it was called, "Coney Island of the West." Coney Island had all the amusement and entertainment facilities including roller coasters, roller skate rink, and water slides. All by the water or sea side. There was not much about the rink. It was founded by Harry A. Illion. The post card could be when the rink was already a decade old or whatever. It was taken somewhere between 1939 and closed in late 1960s due to a fire. Celoron Skateland was part of the amusement park at the time so likely the dates of the park itself which was from 1894 to the late 1960s because a fire in late 1960s destroyed the facility.
This was the second roller rink established in that park after the Moor style Auditorium burned down in 1920.
Harry A. Illions operated the rink first. Later the Zimmers Family operated.
The exact location was not available on its website, jamestowntrolley.org there are little information on that site.
The structure was a curved roof format with red colored roof. That would have easily be attracted by bird view when people ride in planes. It was white on the outside but the rink, which was wood, apparently looked full size rink with steel truss as seen in the postcard.
Skaters who would rest would sit by wooden beach with iron cast decorative ends. The rail apparently looked wood in the photo. Interesting to note that most skaters leaning by the rail are females and they apparently do not have skates on! They had sandals on! That is quite unusual for its era in the photo. It looks 1950s because of the skirts, hairdos, and blouses.
One of the photos is quite interesting that it had a shoe shining boy who would shine leather shoes for skaters and fans including that well-to-do gentleman in the photo. This is very unusual. Perhaps it is because of Celoron Skateland was part of the amusement park and usually those parks have shoe shiners. Having seen them back at state fairs in the days of 20th Century.
The interior design showed that it had three red stripes running from one end to another on highest point of the curved ceiling. The walls were green. Likely Moss Green of its day (popular color of its day), And the rails were clear wood stain color the same as the rink itself. It had dark tone of colors for trimming such as Emerald Green trims.
Some links are saying this rink is the same rink as Evan's Skateland. I need verification to say it is the same and they said that Evans also burned down.
However! According to Jamestown Trolley website, was the Moor Auditorium the real original skating rink before Celoron was located? It may or may not have been the same location. Likely at a different location. See the Celoron Moor Auditorium page here.
Closed due to a fire in late 1960s. The second rink in that area burned down! Evan's burned down too. Many say it was the Even's Curse because all three burned down.
Interesting to note that First Lady of Comedy, Lucille Ball of I Love Lucy fame and other shows stopped by the rink as part of her annual visit to her hometown, Jamestown. (see photo above). Brad's parents managed both Celoron Park and the Celoron Skateland! This is perhaps why they were pictured with Lucy.
His mother, Dorothy Zimmer ran the amusement park while his father, Oscar Zimmer ran the roller rink. Because of this, Brad was well developed into a competitor in skating tournaments. He later managed his own rink with a certain Mr. Evans with the Erie Skateland West in Erie, PA which is still in operations.
Rink Size: 85' x 180' (Source: postcard) Floor: wood. Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: 1939?
Type of Building: Free Span Steel D-Roof Cinderblock Building. Destroyed: Fire in 1960s.
Roof: D-Roof
Acres: N/A (part of Trolley Park and neighborhood full of houses.
Operated: 1939 to late 1960s; destroyed by Fire.
Wanted: more photographs, and when exactly it was burned down.
Sources:
Jamestown Trolley
Brad Zimmer PDF
Email - C.C.S. (28 Jan 2022).
Billboard - 30 November 1946. Page 99.
Date of Issue: January 2020. Update: 28 January 2022.
For Office Only: 13.
© Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3-17.