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"Wisconsin" - 10 Total Result(s)
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ABC’S HISTORIC PLACE IN MILWAUKEE
The American Bowling Congress Headquarters was located inside the Home Bank Building at 2200 North Third Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While the building holds significance for the ABC, it also hold ...
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BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED FOR BOWLING
Touted as the “finest exposition center in the nation”, the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Building was constructed in 1881 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building was designed by the noted architectur ...
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BILL CLINTON BOWLING AND POLITICKING
Bill Clinton showed off his love of bowling in Wisconsin! During an event with WKTI Milwaukee and Donna Shalala, who would serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services during his administration ...
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BUTTONED UP
Esther Ryan bowled with the highly successful Husting Prints team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their attention to detail is certainly evident — just take a look at this shirt. Upon close inspection, you w ...
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INSIDE ABC’S HQ
Times were different back in the 1940s! Entries for ABC tournaments had to be mailed in to the organization’s headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With thousands of singles and teams entering each ye ...
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MAKING MILWAUKEE HOME
The American Bowling Congress held its first Milwaukee major tournament in 1905. The tournament was so successful that ABC moved its headquarters to the city shortly after. This made Milwaukee “the Bo ...
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PIN-SETTING MACHINES IN CLEVELAND
Upon arrival, members of the Milwaukee delegation to the 1930 American Bowling Congress tournament would have found 32 brand-new alleys and hundreds of pin boys, foul men and scorers at the Public Hal ...
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PINS AS TROPHIES
In addition to playing an integral role in bowling game play, bowling pins have come to serve many other purposes. Engraved pins might have been given as prizes or souvenirs following participation in ...
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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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WOOD EQUIPMENT IN THE 1920s
The experience of bowling in the 1920s was very different than it is today. Among the many differences, ball returns, as seen here in at a bowling alley in Menasha, Wisconsin, were constructed out of ...
