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"bowling pin" - 51 Total Result(s)
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A PERFUMED PIN
Why not bring bowling into your personal care routines? After shave in a bowling pin bottle would have made the perfect gift for any male bowler. Equipment manufacturers might also have given bottles ...
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A PIECE OF OLYMPIC HISTORY
How many strikes did this pin see? The Brunswick Flyer was one of the 500 pins used in the first Olympic bowling competition at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea. The one-day event featured ...
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A PRACTICAL PINWHEEL
The AMF Pinspotter used a carpet belt, known as the Magic Carpet, to retrieve balls and felled pins after a roll. The ball would be pushed off the belt to the ball return, while the pins would move in ...
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ALL SHAPES AND SIZES
Looking at this display of early bowling pins from the Lin Kessler collection, it is tough to imagine how we got to the well-known shape of today’s modern pins. These pins were likely used in many typ ...
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AMF ACCESSORIES
Many of the top bowling manufacturers entered the accessories market with clothing, balls and bags. This ad from July of 1962 displays the products offered by American Machine and Foundry (AMF). Promi ...
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AN EIGHT WEEK EVENT
In 1959, the American Bowling Congress (ABC) chose St. Louis, Missouri, to host a massive ABC tournament. The tournament ran for over two months. Nearly 5,500 bowling teams competed, comprised of the ...
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AN ORNAMENTAL OBJECT
This decorative wooden bowling pin served an unknown purpose, and though it is close in size to an actual bowling pin, the flat edge points toward a more ornamental use. Be it a door knocker or the ha ...
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ASSORTMENT OF PINS
Pins for the different forms of early bowling came in a variety of shapes and sizes. The thin pin in the middle bears a striking resemblance to the skittles pins seen in 17th-century Dutch artist Jan ...
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BAER CUBS AWARD
Dr. E. H. Baer was a dentist in St. Louis, Missouri, and a prolific bowler, from the looks of it. As part of league play, Dr. Baer and the Bear Cubs bowling team took home a title, as evidenced by thi ...
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BIRTH OF FIVEPIN
Canadian fivepins resemble the rubber ducks of rubber band duckpin, but are taller and thinner. The sport began around 1909 when Toronto tenpin proprietor Tommy Ryan was fielding constant complaints f ...
