Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

D Jacobsen, J. Boyle & P Hamm

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Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2002.27.29

Description

Skaters including Diane Jacobsen (left), Jack Boyle (second from left) and Patsy Hamm (right) smile in front of a Christmas tree at the Lakewood Ice Arena. Hamm and her partners won the Northwest and Pacific Coast Junior Pairs and Ladies Pairs events by 1948. In 1949 Hamm won the Northwest Novice Ladies title and placed fourth in the U.S. North American team Senior Pairs. Her success continued in 1950 when she won Northwest Junior Ladies and Northwest and Pacific Coast Senior Pairs championships. Hamm, a Clover Park graduate, began skating professionally in 1951 and teaching classes at the Lakewood rink. Among her top students were Jerry and Julianne Fotheringill, two-time national pairs champions. Hamm was inducted into the Tacoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Photo by Richards Studio, Tacoma.

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Tacoma, WA

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Figure Skating, Professional/Semi-Pro, Recreational

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Jacobsen, Diane

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Boyle, Jack

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Hamm, Patsy

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Fotheringill, Jerry

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Fotheringill, Julianne

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Lakewood Ice Arena

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Clover Park High School

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Northwest Junior Championships

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Pacific Coast Championships

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US National Championships

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Tacoma