Print, Photographic

David Riggs & Larry Hamm

David Riggs & Larry Hamm

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2002.36.02

Description

As a young child David Riggs skated at the Lakewood Ice Arena and was involved in the Lakewood Figure Skating Club, later renamed to the Lakewood Winter Club. Riggs was half of the comedy team of Hamm & Riggs, with partner Larry Hamm, that performed at the ice arena during its heyday. The arena itself hosted numerous ice shows to great accolades and had as many as 175 skaters performing in eight shows by the mid 1950s. A young David Riggs sitting on the back of bent over Larry Hamm, practice for an Ice Capers show wearing hobo costumes and reading a circus book.

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Place

Location

Lakewood Ice Arena, Tacoma, WA

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Figure Skating, Professional/Semi-Pro, Recreational

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Person or Organization

Riggs, David

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Hamm, Larry

Person or Organization

Lakewood Winter Club

Person or Organization

Lakewood Ice Arena