Skating in Lakewood - Nostalgic Photos

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Ice-Skating in Lakewood, WA:
Nostalgic Photos

(A look at the people and rinks of the past...)

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This photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Library.
 The Oakes Ballroom... 		LWC Ice Arena building was once the 'Oakes Water Stadium'... (87116 bytes)
Formerly Oakes Water Stadium... 		Building converted to the LWC Ice Arena... (58383 bytes)
Became LWC Ice Arena
Original 40-ton Chiller for LWC rink... (64773 bytes)
Original Chiller for Rink		 A mother & son ran the Snack Bar at the rink... (60319 bytes)
Family-run Snack Bar		 Resurfacing the ice at LWC Rink, circa 1940's... (58804 bytes)
Our circa-1940's 'Zamboni'
Lois Secreto & Jimmy Grogan... (63245 bytes)
Lois Secreto & Jimmy Grogan		 Floor-Manager, Danny Stewart, circa 1938... (99012 bytes)
Rink Mgr., Danny Stewart (1938)		 This photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Library... (88250 bytes)
LWC competitive skaters, (1949)
'Ice Capers' ice-show, late 1940's... (97413 bytes)
'Ice Capers' ice-show, (1940's)		 'Ice Revu' ice-show, (1948)... (90757 bytes)
'Ice Revu' ice-show, (1948)		 Comedy-team of Larry Hamm & David Riggs, (1954)...
Comedy of Hamm & Riggs, (1954)
1963 National Championships... (73621 bytes)
1963 Nat'l. Championships		 Margaret Clark... (66174 bytes)
Margaret Clark		 The 'Tacoma Ice Palace', circa 1956... (54139 bytes)
Tacoma Ice Palace

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