Badminton racket from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Victoria
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: A Victoria badminton racket from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The string area is mostly strung with a knot repair of two (2) broken strings near the throat. The wooden frame has blue painted detailing at the throat and at the bottom of the shaft above the handle. On one side, at the throat, is a stamped graphic of the manufacturer's logo: a text banner that reads [VICTORIA] above a graphic of a shield emblazoned with a roman helmet. The handle is wrapped with black grip tape.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: 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: Tools and Equipment
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: 2011.12.47.2
objectType: label: Type
content: rackets (sports equipment)
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: wood with varnish, paint and string (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 26 1/8 × 7 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (66.3 × 20.2 × 3.2 cm)