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

The object in the museum catalogue

A Kourt King croquet game set manual from Rock Rest Tourist Home. The manual is three (3) pages printed on white paper with green and black text and a diagram. Page one (1) of the manual includes a diagram of the croquet court set up: the size of the playing field, the locations of the stakes and arches, boundary line, and starting posts. Page two (2) is a list of technical term and rules of the game, one (1) through eight (8). Page three (3) contains a list of rules from nine (9) through twenty-three (23).

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: mid 20th century
• Manufactured by: Indiana Handle Company, Inc., American, founded 1932
• Written by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Clayton Sinclair, American
• Owned by: Hazel Sinclair, American
• Subject of: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
• Type: croquet sets
• Type: manuals
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Closed): 8 7/16 × 5 1/2 × 1/16 in. (21.5 × 14 × 0.1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Open): 8 7/16 × 7 × 1/16 in. (21.5 × 17.8 × 0.1 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: 2011.12.32.6
• 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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