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PONY PIN
Pony pin was a bowling variation popular in the early 1900s, particularly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Major bowling manufacturer Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company produced the special pony pins, which re ...
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PWBA PIN
Stars of the Professional Women’s Bowling Association signed a commemorative pin, likely following a tournament.
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RED TOPPED PINS
Though the shape of these pins is similar to that of regulation tenpins, the design is different. With their tops dipped red, they look to be wearing jester hats!
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REGULATING THE PINS
Bowling’s governing bodies regulate the size and shape of all bowling pins used in official competition. Before the Meister Brau Beer league hit the lanes in this 1940s competition, these particular r ...
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REMOTE ACCESS
The giant collection of early bowling items Lin Kessler donated to the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame is comprised of over 100 balls and pins of different shapes, sizes, colors and orig ...
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RIDE THE BOWING PIN CAR
Women’s International Bowling Congress (WIBC) all-stars Loa Boxberger, Betty Morris, Judy Soutar and Helen Duval took a ride atop the “world’s only bowling pin car.” The move was part of an effort to ...
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RUBBER DUCKS
Duckpin bowling developed in the United States in the late 1800s. In 1905, a Pennsylvania man added thick rubber bands to the base of the squat pins, officially starting rubber band duckpin bowling. T ...
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RUDIMENTARY FRENCH PINS
Sometimes making bowling pins was an artistic act, requiring several steps and an elaborate exterior polish at the end. Other times, the exercise was purely utilitarian — getting pins onto the lane so ...
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SETTING THE STANDARD
Though the bowling pin may look simple, it is anything but. Every bowling pin is built to exact specifications in an effort to ensure fair play. The American Bowling Congress (now part of the United S ...
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SOUVENIR FIT FOR A KING
What bowling superstars signed this souvenir pin?
