Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Top Hat Chorus Line, 1949

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2002.27.26

Description

A dozen female skaters pose wearing Top Hat Chorus Line costumes from an Ice Capers show in 1949 at the Lakewood Ice Arena. The arena was home to many top level skaters when it opened in the 1930s. By 1955 the show had eight performances and 175 skaters. The rink hosted numerous shows and was the entertainment hub for Tacoma residents until 1982 when part of the building collapsed and the rest was demolished. Pictured are, left to right: Rosalie Rosso, Lani Sims, Nancy Bergh, unknown, Barbara Blair, Sally Price, Kathleen Seabeck, unknown, unknown.

Made/Created

Date made

1949

Place

Location

Lakewood Ice Arena

Lexicon

Search Terms

Figure Skating, Ice Capers, Professional/Semi-Pro, Recreational

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rosso, Rosalie

Person or Organization

Sims, Lani

Person or Organization

Bergh, Nancy

Person or Organization

Blair, Barbara

Person or Organization

Price, Sally

Person or Organization

Seabeck, Kathleen

Person or Organization

Lakewood Ice Arena

Person or Organization

Ice Capers

Person or Organization

Tacoma

Related Events

Event

1949 Ice Capers