This hand-drawn caricature on card depicts a roller skater in headgear, shorts, knee pads, and quad skates. The figure is shown in a portrait-style composition with exaggerated facial features and a clenched, raised fist. Text at the lower right reads “Caricature of ‘Alicia Gaidas’,” notes a February 17 birthday.
The lower inscription includes the artist name (Chas.) Charles R. Steindl and a copyright date of March 13, 1939. After he had emigrated to the U.S.A., Hungarian-born Charles R. Steindl first worked as a photographer. Later, in the 1930s, he wisely turned to the art of caricature, which brought him recognition.
