Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Roller Skating Craze" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Roller skating, roller skate, skating rink, craze
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1905 and 1912.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Revival of Roller Skating"
The Jimplecute (Jefferson, TX), April 1, 1905, Image 7, col. 5.
"Young St. Louis on Roller Skates Enjoys Fad so Intensely that Dancing and Other Forms of Winter Amusement are Neglected"
The St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, MO), November 12, 1905, PART II, Image 13, col. 1-7.
"The Craze has Come: A Roller Skating Rink will Open March Third"
The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu, HI), February 13, 1906, Image 1, col. 2.
"When the World Takes to Wheels"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), February 25, 1906, Image 11, col. 1-5.
"Chinese Diplomat's Joke: Took Him Three Weeks but He Had His Fun"
The Sun (New York, NY), April 22, 1906, Third Section, Page 6, Image 36, col. 4-6.
"Latest Fad is the Roller Skate Two Step"
The Seattle Star (Seattle, WA), September 1, 1906, Last Edition, Image 1, col. 5-6.
"Costumes for the All-Absorbing Craze"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), November 25, 1906, Image 35, col. 2-5.
"Roller Skating"
The Logan Republican (Logan, UT), December 22, 1906, Second Section, Image 12, col. 2.
"Even Beauty Yields to the Roller Skating Craze"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 27, 1907, Magazine Section, Image 37, col. 1.
"More than Hundred Lives Sacrificed to Roller Skates"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), November 24, 1912, Society and Drama, Page 4, Image 16, col. 5-6.

Roller Skating Craze: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America