Image / Figure skater Peggy Fleming

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Title: Figure skater Peggy Fleming
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1964
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1899-1989.
Born in San Jose, Peggy Fleming moved with her family to Pasadena in the early 1960s. Skating in costumes designed and hand-sewn by her mother, Fleming became known for her elegant lines and graceful movements. After finishing sixth in the 1964 Olympics, she came back to win at the 1968 Olympics--the only American gold medallist at the Grenoble Games.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00048840
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Fleming, Peggy
CARL0000052876
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/17308
Subject: Fleming, Peggy Gale
Skaters--United States
Ice skating
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1961-1970

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