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- Jul 28, 2003
I'm not sure if these will show up on everyone's computer or not, but I've recently gotten into exploring the Los Angeles City Library's photo database. For those of you who are from Southern California, these pictures will be fascinating, and even if you're not, it's still interesting to get a glimpse of what skating was like during the first half of the 20th century, in a city where it never snows. The first photo is the saddest. It's of the Polar Palace (where I skated for the first time) going down in flames in the mid 60s. What I find really mindblowing is the rink that was apparently on Gayley Avenue in Westwood at one time. I believe that that area is now occupied by the Veteran's administration cemetery:
The Polar Palace Burns Down
A Skating Rink In Westwood Village 1939
Construciton Of The Westwood Ice Rink 1938
Skating At The Pan Pacific Auditorium 1939
Skating At The Pan Pacific Auditorium #2
A Concession Stand For The Skaters
Ice Capades At The Pan Pacific
Ice Capades At The Pan Pacific #2
A Wedding on ice 1929
Let Me Help You With Your Skates
Bill Shipstad, 1949
Sonja Henie & Tyrone Power
Peggy Fleming, age 14
The Polar Palace Burns Down
A Skating Rink In Westwood Village 1939
Construciton Of The Westwood Ice Rink 1938
Skating At The Pan Pacific Auditorium 1939
Skating At The Pan Pacific Auditorium #2
A Concession Stand For The Skaters
Ice Capades At The Pan Pacific
Ice Capades At The Pan Pacific #2
A Wedding on ice 1929
Let Me Help You With Your Skates
Bill Shipstad, 1949
Sonja Henie & Tyrone Power
Peggy Fleming, age 14