Catherine Menne was a bowling pioneer. She was among the founders and served as the first president of the Women’s National Bowling Association (later renamed the Women’s International Bowling Congres ...

Though one is much smaller than a modern ball, these wooden balls were designed to be gripped with the fingers.

What would it look like if you peeled a rubber ball? Probably like this. The solid cork core was common for rubber balls, though modern plastic balls typically have multi-piece cores.

Some vintage wooden bowling pins incorporated distinctive, human-like designs, such as clowns, sailors, firefighters and others. It is unclear whether these pins were used for professional lawn or ski ...

The Professional Women’s Bowling Association (PWBA) was formed in 1960 to manage tournaments for the best female tenpin bowlers. The organization was dissolved in 2003, but began anew under the United ...

Branded balls are great advertisements for all kinds of companies.

As with most sports, bowling balls had to be standardized in order to compete in tournaments. To ensure this, the device seen here was developed for detecting faulty and worn bowling balls. The ring s ...

For nearly 40 years, the pinnacle of success in team bowling was defined by the Budweisers record score of 3,858 set in 1958. The score was bested by exactly 10 points by the Hurst Bowling Supplies te ...

This ball weighed in at 18 pounds, large by any standards. Upon a closer look you’ll notice the ball lacks finger holes, meaning the owner held it in his palm. Those massive hands must have had quite ...

Bowling balls without finger holes are intended to be held in the palm, meaning they are usually much lighter than a typical tenpin ball. Such balls might be used in some of the more common pin bowlin ...