Joan Bennett prepared to roll a strike in this still from 20th Century Fox’s Colonel Effingham’s Raid.

From March 3 to May 12, 1942, more than 5,000 teams and 28,000 individuals competed on these lanes in Columbus, Ohio, in the American Bowling Congress (ABC) Tournament. Tod Maskai, from Saginaw, Michi ...

When the country’s best bowlers converged on Columbus, Ohio, for the 1942 American Bowling Congress’s world championships, they were greeted with posters which read: “It Was Columbus in 1492, It’s Sti ...

Exactly 22 years since it first hosted the event, Columbus, Ohio, welcomed “the country’s cutest keglers” to the Women’s International Bowling Congress in 1949. More than 2,500 five-woman teams attend ...

Robert “Doc” Hinkley, a lifelong recreational bowler, saw an opening for a unique business involving custom fit bowling balls. Known as the Doctor of Bowling, Hinkley established Hinkley Bowling Suppl ...

In the 1940s, Don Carter (second from left) and Billy Welu (second from right) made lasting contributions to the world of bowling. Carter, also known as “Mr. Bowling,” was a six-time Bowler of the Yea ...

On November 2, 1947, Andy Varipapa and Lou Campi clinched the National Doubles Bowling Championship title with an average score of 203 over 64 games between the two of them. During the meet in Houston ...

Stylish bowlerettes were likely keeping up on the latest fashion trends, as noted in this article from The Woman Bowler. Displaying skirts and matching tops along with tailored pant suits, these optio ...

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 ...

This BPAA All-Star Tournament had some competitive matches involving six legends of bowling. The scoreboards above each lane show Ned Day battling Buzz Fazio, Don Carter dueling with Tom Hennessey and ...