Daring curves, twirls, loops and leaps! A new dance on ice is introduced by American skater Jackson Haines, who flies across the ice with fantastic speed and grace. His style takes off in Europe, but meanwhile, figure skating is deemed a lost art in America until its reintroduction to New York society decades later by Irving Brokaw. A place to see and be seen, ice rinks across America become packed with fashionable ladies and gentlemen of all ages. Charlotte, celebrity ballerina on ice, dazzles at the Hippodrome and a figure skating mania spreads across the nation. Read more about it!

The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.

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