Germany’s bowling history stretches back centuries. Even the bowling organizations there are over 100 years old! In 1935, the German Keglerbund celebrated their 50th anniversary. The organization was ...

Bowling was big business, even in the lean years of the Great Depression. The Annual Convention of the American Bowling Congress headed to New York City in 1937, reportedly due to the efforts of Al La ...

Over 37 days from March to April 1936, thousands of bowlers participated in the 36th International Championship Tournament from the American Bowling Congress, held at the State Fairground Coliseum in ...

Esther Ryan and the Kornitz Pure Oils dominated the women’s bowling circuit in the 1930s. The Milwaukee-based team was a well-oiled machine, so it only made sense they dressed to their success. The Ko ...

In the early twentieth century, variations of bowling were played across the globe and bowlers found common ground in the sport. Mrs. Toneita Gibbon was a member of the winning teams who took home the ...

At a time when tenpin bowling was about to enter its golden age, duckpin bowling was also finding new audiences. A variant on contemporary bowling that uses shorter, squatter pins and softball-sized b ...

Gerald Finkelstein was not content with existing bowling equipment. Through his company, the Chicago-based National Billiard Supply, he manufactured a new laminated wooden ball known as the Geralite b ...

Taking their name from a brand of vulcanized rubber, Ebonite International began as a manufacturer of rubber bowling balls and is now the parent company of several bowling ball brands. Ebonite was an ...

Everyone knew the major names in bowling pin manufacturing, but smaller companies also got in on the tenpin bowling boom. Hand Split Handle Company was a lumber company in Lyndonville, Vermont. What b ...

In the twentieth century, kids of all ages could enjoy the fun of bowling at home with these games.