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

The object in the museum catalogue

Nine (9) Kourt King croquet game set hoops (or wickets) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home.

2011.12.32.5.1: A Kourt King croquet game set hoop (or wicket) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The metal wicket is square style. A fragment of white textile is tied to one corner.

2011.12.32.5.2: A Kourt King croquet game set hoop (or wicket) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The metal wicket is square style.

2011.12.32.5.3: A Kourt King croquet game set hoop (or wicket) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The metal wicket is square style.

2011.12.32.5.4: A Kourt King croquet game set hoop (or wicket) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The metal wicket is square style. A fragment of white textile is tied to one corner. One side of the hoop is bent outwards.

2011.12.32.5.5: A Kourt King croquet game set hoop (or wicket) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The metal wicket is square style. A fragment of white textile is tied to one corner.

2011.12.32.5.6: A Kourt King croquet game set hoop (or wicket) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The metal wicket is square style.

2011.12.32.5.7: A Kourt King croquet game set hoop (or wicket) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The metal wicket is square style. One side of the hoop is bent outwards.

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: wickets (recreational artifacts)
• Medium: metal and textile materials
• Medium: metal
• Medium: metal
• Medium: metal and textile materials
• Medium: metal and textile materials
• Medium: metal
• Medium: metal
• Medium: metal
• 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: 2011.12.32.5.1-.9
• 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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