Rollatorium - Albany, NY - Vintage Roller Rink - Women's T-Shirt Size:M Opening in the late 1950s

Opening in the late 1950s

Skateland put a sailboat and crashing waves on its logo like roller skating was a nautical tradition

A detailed black engraving-style illustration of a porcupine with prominent cross-hatched quills faces right

White blackletter text along the bottom reads "We'll Get Together

they were where Union Township showed up for each other

Rollatorium - Albany, NY - Vintage Roller Rink - Women's T-Shirt Size:M Opening in the late 1950sSlapping a Latin suffix on roller skating and calling it the Rollatorium is the most aggressively midcentury American thing possible, right behind putting cheese in a spray can. Albany even gave it a shield crest like it was a branch of government. The Details: Bold blue serif text reads "ROLLATORIUM" across the top of a gray and blue shield shaped emblem, with "RECREATION RINK" flanked by bullet dots below. A midcentury illustration of a couple