Print, Photographic

Larry Hamm and David Riggs

Larry Hamm and David Riggs

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2002.36.03

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 Ice Arena. 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 Larry Hamm and David Riggs practice in clown costumes with pointed heads for an Ice Capers show.

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Place

Location

Lakewood Ice Arena, Tacoma, WA

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Search Terms

Figure Skating, Professional/Semi-Pro, Recreational

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Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Riggs, David

Person or Organization

Hamm, Larry

Person or Organization

Lakewood Figure Skating Club

Person or Organization

Lakewood Ice Arena