What bowling superstars signed this souvenir pin?

Winters are long in Minnesota, so when the 41st annual American Bowling Congress international tournament came to St. Paul in March 1941 (which is definitely still winter in Minnesota), the locals cam ...

The American Bowling Congress (ABC) was responsible for maintaining bowling pin regulations and ensuring that all pins used were of equal size and shape. When a bowling pin manufacturer was cleared fo ...

The Magna-Pin was the first synthetic bowling pin to be approved by the American Bowling Congress (ABC). These pins had a magnesium shell, a foam filling and were coated with plastic, making them quit ...

In 1933, just days before the American Bowling Congress’s annual international tournament opened in Columbus, banks all over the country began failing as the Great Depression exploded into a full-blow ...

The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company has long been a major name in bowling. If nothing else, the company’s success is evident in the vast number of Brunswick King Pins in existence. Just as bowling p ...

The 14th annual American Bowling Congress tournament was held in Buffalo, New York, in March 1914. Teams traveled to Buffalo from all over New York state, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. This pin was like ...

The 24th annual American Bowling Congress tournament in Chicago in 1924 saw a record-high 2,131 teams competing.

Cincinnati hosted the 8th annual American Bowling Congress tournament in the “fireproof” armory on Freeman Avenue in 1908. In preparation for the event, the armory constructed 18 bowling alleys, set u ...

Over 400 teams from Canada and the United States came to the 1910 American Bowling Congress tournament in Detroit at the Wayne Gardens, with 65 five-men teams coming from Detroit alone. Detroit was an ...