Vintage figure skating

Laurence Rochon "Laurie" Owen (May 9, 1944 – February 15, 1961) was a Hall of Fame American figure skater. Description from pinterest.com. I searched for this on bing.com/images

Barbara Ann Scott, my figure skating heroine and everyone had a B.A.S knitted or crocheted hat.

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Gjon Mili (1904-1984) was born in Albania and came to the United States in 1923. Gjon was trained as an engineer and was a self-taught photographer. In the mid 1930’s Mili, working with Harold Eugene Edgerton from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), pioneered photoflash photography. Gjon used stroboscopic light to capture the motion of everything from dancers to jugglers in a single exposure. His photoflash techniques are still very much used today in light painting photography…

Ever since the first Winter Olympics in 1924, women athletes have competed for gold with the same intensity, grace and power as their male counterparts — even if, in ’24, the only events in which women were allowed to take part were figure- and pairs-skating. In 2014 at Sochi, meanwhile, competitors from around the globe will put it all on the line in 98 events across 15 disciplines, from figure-skating to ice hockey to – finally — ski jumping for both men and women. Here, in acknowledgement…

Sonja Henie in Budapest. Photo courtesy Bildarchiv Austria. In early 1929, Erich Maria Remarque's book "Im Westen nichts Neues" ("All Quiet On The Western Front") was published in book form, the amiable characters Popeye and Tintin made their first appearances, George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" was first recorded for posterity and the world's best figure skaters convened in two European cities to compete in the 1929 World Figure Skating Championships. Women's competitors in Budapest…

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Tenley Albright, 1956 Figure Skater Olympic American Champion.

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Carol Heiss performing on ice outdoors at Wollman Memorial Rink in Central Park, New York City, 1955 (photo credit: Ralph Morse)