Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2002.34.04

Description

Mary Firth is pictured with the trophy she and Seattle Skating Club partner, Don Laws, won in the Junior Dance division at the 1948 U.S. National Championships. Laws won the 1950 junior title in men’s singles and placed seventh at the 1951 World Championships in Milan, Italy. Laws retired from skating in 1951 and coached Scott Hamilton, Tiffany Chin, Michael Weiss and Patrick Chan. He was inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Professional Skaters Association Coaches Hall of Fame in 2004. Laws also helped create the ISU Judging System, which replaced the 6.0 scoring system in 2004.

Made/Created

Date made

1948

Lexicon

Search Terms

Figure Skating, Professional/Semi-Pro, Recreational, Olympics

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Firth, Mary

Person or Organization

U.S. National Championships

Person or Organization

Seattle Skating Club

Person or Organization

Law, Don

Person or Organization

World Championships

Person or Organization

Milan, Italy

Person or Organization

Hamilton, Scott

Person or Organization

Chin, Tiffany

Person or Organization

Weiss, Michael

Person or Organization

Chan, Patrickn

Related Events

Event

1948 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships