The lights in the sign were changed by pushing buttons located in the office.
Full page ad appearing in the September 6, 1949 issue of the Ames Daily Tribune
The lights in the sign were changed by pushing buttons located in the office.
Full page ad appearing in the September 6, 1949 issue of the Ames Daily Tribune
Music by Seeburg: ...Specially made organ melodies by the world's greatest artists, reproduced by the magnificent Seeburg Select-o-Matic System. The new Skateland is one of only five skating rinks in America to use this equipment.
Beautiful Lighting: ... A full quarter-mile of neon tubing in five outstanding colors; red, blue, green, white, and gold ... in brilliant combinations with each change of skating numbers. So elaborate that 25 transformers and a mile and a half of wiring were required to bring them to the switch boards.
Full page ad appearing in the September 5, 1949 issue of The Milepost
Skating Floor: ... No. 1 hard Michigan Maple throughout and over an inch thick. So perfectly laid that it required six carpenters 17 days to install it ... every nail hole drilled, every nail countersunk ... then sanded many times to give a velvety, not slick, smoothness.
Outstanding Ventilation: ... The air is always fresh at Skateland; two huge fans capable of changing all the air in the building keep it entirely fresh and clear of dust. And a huge automatic oil furnace to keep it at perfect temperature in winter.
