Kourt King croquet game set caddy from Rock Rest Tourist Home: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Kourt King croquet game set caddy from Rock Rest Tourist Home. The light blue caddy is “I” shaped with three center supports and cross bars at the top and bottom. Each cross bar has six (6) holes at the top and bottom to hold the croquet mallets. The three center supports for the caddy double as a ball carrier. They have rounded shafts and each one has a large notch at the top to load the balls into the caddy. At the bottom of the caddy are two (2) supports. Looped around the middle of the top cross bar is a white plastic carrying strap. A white paper label is affixed to the top cross bar on one side of the caddy. It has the letters [RR] handwritten in pencil.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: mid 20th century
• Manufactured by: Indiana Handle Company, Inc., American, founded 1932
• Owned by: Clayton Sinclair, American
• Owned by: Hazel Sinclair, American
• Subject of: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
• Type: croquet sets
• Type: caddies
• Medium: paint on wood with plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 23 5/16 × 16 5/16 × 6 1/16 in. (59.2 × 41.5 × 15.4 cm)
• Place collected: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
• Place made: Paoli, Orange County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Black interiors
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Recreation
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Travel
• Object number: 2011.12.32.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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