Rolling Squirrels - Illinois - Vintage Roller Rink - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Size:2XL thriving during the mid-century bowling

thriving during the mid-century bowling boom of the 1950s and 1960s

tan facade

where league nights meant something

all in bold uppercase sans-serif typography with a heavily worn grunge texture throughout the lettering

" A horizontal blue line separates white text reading "ATRAVIS SECTOR" and "OUTER RIM TERRITORIES

Rolling Squirrels - Illinois - Vintage Roller Rink - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Size:2XL thriving during the mid-century bowlingRolling squirrels on roller skates sounds like a rejected mascot pitch until you realize somebody organized them across seven Illinois suburbs. Kankakee was apparently a key market in the squirrel skating economy. The Details: Arched text reads "ROLLING SQUIRRELS" above two vintage hand drawn squirrels standing upright on roller skates, facing each other inside a circular white emblem. "CLUB" and "MANAGER JOSEPH NEKOLA" appear in smaller lettering