Three scrapbooks relating to Mollie Phillips' figure skating career, circa 1928-1936,covering the eight years in which she was a leading figure skater and including many photographs, letters, etc; sold together with 5 by 7in. b&w photographs of Phillips carrying the Great Britain flag at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics with flag bearers of other participating nations; 5 by 7in., b&w photograph of Phillips carrying the flag in front of the GB all-female ice skating team with team officials; and 5 by 7in. b&w photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt opening the Winter Olympics (qty.) Condition is fair to good, with obvious wear to the exterior of each album, spine and spine ends have wear and tear, the interior pages seem good with items stuck down onto each page. Mollie Doreen Phillips (1907-1994) was born in London but lived the majority of her life in Wales. She started figure skating in the 1920s, achieving success with Rodney Murdoch in the pairs before switching to singles. For the 1932 Olympics, she was selected for the four-strong all-women Great Britain team, along with 13-year-old Cecilia Colledge and Megan Taylor and Joan Dix, both aged 11. Phillips became the first woman to carry a national flag at an Olympic Games and finished ninth in the women's figure skating singles and 11th in the same event at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The first woman to be elected to the National Ice Skating Association, she then became a high-profile figure skating judge and the first woman to judge at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, officiating in a career total of four Winter Games and judging around 50 World and European Championships in her long and active life. She was also a keen dairy cattle breeder in Carmarthenshire.
£600 - £800
Three scrapbooks relating to Mollie Phillips' figure skating career, circa 1928-1936,covering the eight years in which she was a leading figure skater and including many photographs, letters, etc; sold together with 5 by 7in. b&w photographs of Phillips carrying the Great Britain flag at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics with flag bearers of other participating nations; 5 by 7in., b&w photograph of Phillips carrying the flag in front of the GB all-female ice skating team with team officials; and 5 by 7in. b&w photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt opening the Winter Olympics (qty.) Condition is fair to good, with obvious wear to the exterior of each album, spine and spine ends have wear and tear, the interior pages seem good with items stuck down onto each page. Mollie Doreen Phillips (1907-1994) was born in London but lived the majority of her life in Wales. She started figure skating in the 1920s, achieving success with Rodney Murdoch in the pairs before switching to singles. For the 1932 Olympics, she was selected for the four-strong all-women Great Britain team, along with 13-year-old Cecilia Colledge and Megan Taylor and Joan Dix, both aged 11. Phillips became the first woman to carry a national flag at an Olympic Games and finished ninth in the women's figure skating singles and 11th in the same event at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The first woman to be elected to the National Ice Skating Association, she then became a high-profile figure skating judge and the first woman to judge at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, officiating in a career total of four Winter Games and judging around 50 World and European Championships in her long and active life. She was also a keen dairy cattle breeder in Carmarthenshire.