Antique sepia-toned printed postcard captioned "The Elysium, Cleveland, O." showing the long arched-roof building from the street, with early automobiles parked along the curb, a pedestrian, bare trees and a rutted street in the foreground. Divided back published by Norwood Souvenir Co., Cincinnati, O., with an eagle-flanked POST CARD header. Standard size, about 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Light edge and corner wear and purple ink writing on the back; the front is clean.

Unposted, no stamp. Written in purple ink: "from Grandmother, Cleveland Ohio, All well," and addressed simply to Mary Esther.

The Elysium was Cleveland's well-known indoor ice skating arena, opened in 1907 on Euclid Avenue. From a family group of cards sent to the Burton family of Salem, Ohio.