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"1950s" - 102 Total Result(s)
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THE LONG AWAITED BIRD BOWL
The ribbon cutting for Bird Bowl in Miami, Florida, was pushed back several months. It is no surprise given that the 40-lane center was on track to be the largest bowling center in the southern United ...
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THE MAGIC OF AMF
If pinsetting could be automated and made simpler, why couldn’t ball return? The AMF Magic Circle, released a few years after the Pinspotter, addressed this very concern. The circular revolving tray h ...
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THE MICHIGANDER WINS AGAIN
A star bowler from Grand Rapids, Marion Ladewig was on a roll in 1951. She won her third consecutive title in the National All-Star Bowling Tournament, posting a 199.3 average and winning 24 games to ...
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THE ROYAL COURT
Marion Ladewig and Don Carter were two of the best to ever hit the lanes. The pair, dubbed “Queen Ladewig” and “King Carter” by the local press, were crowned champions of the first annual World’s Invi ...
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THE U.S. AMBASSADORS OF BOWLING
The Cold War intersected with bowling’s golden age, so it is no surprise that American servicemen and -women enjoyed the sport during personal time and while in active service. Wiesbaden, in what was ...
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THE WOMAN’S BOWLING GUIDE
Published in 1959, this bowling guide provided women with technical bowling tips alongside on-trend fashion and makeup tips. Author Sylvia Wene (later Sylvia Martin) was no stranger to the lanes. In M ...
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THIS IS A WOMAN’S WORLD
Some of America’s greatest bowlers, including Marion Ladewig, got together in 1953. Ladewig (bottom row, second from right) received high praise from her male colleagues, many of whom she surpassed in ...
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TIME TO GO BOWLING
Golden Visionette electric clocks were produced by Chicago-based Haddon Products. Their glass design was intended to make the hands appear to float freely. Haddon Products made some novelty clocks, in ...
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TOURNAMENT IN SUNSHINE STATE
Welcome to the Sunshine State! The 39th Women’s International Bowling Congress met in Miami, Florida, in 1956. Interest in the tournament was so high in Erie, Pennsylvania, that ten teams pooled their ...
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UNDER THE HOOD OF THE PINSPOTTER
The AMF Pinspotter transformed the bowling industry. While the exterior of a lane equipped with the Pinspotter displayed the AMF logo or Magic Triangle Pindicator, the interior held a complicated maze ...
