Kourt King croquet game set stakes from Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Indiana Handle Company, Inc., American, founded 1932
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: Two (2) identical Kourt King croquet game set stakes from the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.32.4.1: A Kourt King croquet game set stake from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The stake is constructed from a single piece of lacquered and painted wood. The stake is wide and rounded at the top and tapers towards a carved peg at the bottom. The stake is painted with six (6) different colored rings. The colors from top to bottom are blue, orange, red, green, yellow, and black.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.32.4.2: A Kourt King croquet game set stake from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The stake is constructed from a single piece of lacquered and painted wood. The stake is wide and rounded at the top and tapers towards a carved peg at the bottom. The stake is painted with six (6) different colored rings. The colors from top to bottom are blue, orange, red, green, yellow, and black.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Paoli, Orange County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Toys and Games
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.32.4.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: croquet sets
label: Type
content: stakes (pointed objects)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on wood
label: Medium
content: paint on wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.32.4.1): 16 1/4 × 15/16 × 15/16 in. (41.3 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.32.4.1): 16 3/16 × 7/8 × 7/8 in. (41.1 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm)