Sonja Henie’s Autographed Ice Skates, c. 1945, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History During the late 1920s and 1930s, Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie introduced the trend of white ...

Narrated by Cliff Robertson The daughter of a fur wholesaler, Sonja Henie received her first pair of ice skates when she was six. Eight years later, she was the Norwegian Skating Champion. At 15, she ...

World capital of the sport of figure skating is London, which has six indoor rinks to New York’s two, and an amazing number of high-grade figure skaters. The women’s figure skating championship of the ...

(Reuters) - Oslo's shock April snowfall of 1912 is remembered as one of the city's more memorable events of the last century, but it pales in comparison to the emergence of Sonja Henie, the precocious ...

Figure skating has long been a cornerstone of the Olympics, pre-dating the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 with appearances at ...

I have never been on ice skates. I grew up in California and Hawaii, where I learned to swim and water ski. The first time I ever stepped onto frozen water was as a young bride, visiting new in-laws ...

20 1/2 x 27 in. 52.07 x 68.58 cm. 32 x 38 in. 81.28 x 96.52 cm.

From Feb. 3 to Feb. 5 the figure skating championship of the world will be held in Manhattan. There, last week, famed skaters were practicing their loops, rockers, counters, brackets—the 48 figures ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Sonja Henie’s Autographed Ice Skates, c. 1945 During the late 1920s and 1930s, Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie introduced the trend of white ...