Billiard Cue used by Ruth McGinnis, Women's World Champion Pocket Billiard Champion
date: label: Date made
content: 1930 - 1940
name: label: user
content: McGinnus, Ruth
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Billiard cue of tapered wood with inlay and banded near the base. The cue unscrews into two pieces to fit into case. This cue was used by Ruth McGinnis (1910-1974), one of the best woman billiard players in the United States during the 1920s through the 1960s. McGinnis began playing at age 7 and traveled throughout the United States giving billiard exhibitions and competing in tournaments. She lost only 29 out of 1,532 exhibition matches during the years 1932 to 1940 and was allowed to play with the men's champions in 1942. She was elected into the WPBA Hall of Fame in 1976.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Billiards
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Marge Miller and Grace M. Van Deusen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0267.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0267.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0267
objectType: label: Object Name
content: billiard cue
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 57 in x 1 1/4 in; 144.78 cm x 3.175 cm