Ever wonder how bowling pins are always re-set perfectly, ready for the next frame? Well, this behind-the-scenes video shows how it's done at Clique Lanes bowling center in Grand Rapids. The machine, ...
In 1953, there were two places in the country where wooden bowling pins could be reconditioned and repaired. One was in Detroit, the other was in Clermont, a small Fayette County town in northeast ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Blueprint used in the development of ...
Scrapbook documenting the invention of the bowling pin setting machine developed by the donor's grandfather, Fred Schmidt. In the late 1930s, Schmidt patented "a method for picking up and re-setting ...
A Colorado bowling alley owner was killed Sunday afternoon while trying to fix a pin setting machine, Colorado Springs’ FOX 21 reported. Ector Rodriguez, 65, was the owner of the bowling alley Fremont ...
Few words evoke the thought of grease quite like “bowling” and “mechanic.” Between the oil on the lane and the grease that lubricates the machinery behind the pins, being the head mechanic at a ...
A Florida mechanic is fighting for his life after being crushed by a bowling machine he was sent to repair. William James Martens, 40, was left trapped under a pin resetter for 15 minutes Sunday ...