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"1950s" - 97 Total Result(s)
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FRENCH PRESS
The world developed an appetite for all things bowling in the years after World War II, and the French were no exception. The French had long enjoyed different forms of bowling, but American-style nin ...
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GOING ALL-STAR STREAKING
By 1954, only one woman had won the All-Star Bowling Tournament in its five-year history. Marion Ladewig claimed her fifth consecutive championship that January to continue her undefeated streak. Befo ...
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IN THE LAP OF LUXURY
Bowling themes found their way into all manners of arts and crafts. This combination cigarette case and music box provided both style and function in the home or office of some bowling enthusiast. The ...
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INNOVATION AT THE ALLEY
Marion Ladewig and Dick Hoover were all smiles after winning their individual match games of the 1950 All-Star Bowling Tournament at Chicago Coliseum. The 21-year-old Hoover became the youngest champi ...
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INTRODUCING THE SPOT-O-MATIC
Long before the proliferation of completely automatic pinsetters, inventors were developing machinery and methods to make resetting pins between rolls and frames much simpler. In 1906, Backus Automati ...
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JAYNE MANSFIELD MEETS BILLY WELU
Jayne Mansfield brought her daughter Jayne Marie to the opening of Dallas’s Cotton Bowling Palace. The new alley was dressed to the nine pins, with AMF Magic Triangle technology and AMF Streamline Dec ...
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JUNIE THE CHAMP
James “Junie” McMahon was an early star of American bowling. He dominated at his first tournament in 1937, when he began a streak of rolling 1,800 or an astounding six perfect games in a row. This bag ...
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KONNICHIWA, PAT PATTERSON!
Bowling’s golden age was not exclusive to the United States. Many industry leaders saw opportunities to expand America’s tenpin bowling internationally in the years after World War II. The U.S. State ...
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LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD
Workers carefully sanded the lanes to be used for the 19th Annual BPAA All-Star Tournament in Omaha. A crew of 60 carpenters took on the task of installing 24 lanes at the Civic Auditorium, which incl ...
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LIKE TO PLAY DUCKPIN
Duckpin bowling did not have the same popularity in the United States as the traditional tenpin game. Instructional guides and books about duckpin would prove useful to newcomers interested in getting ...
