Adaptive sports bowling ramp made by Jerome "Chick" Petr
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Handicapped accessible bowling ramp is made of wood and comes in two pieces. The first piece is a wooden ramp with a small ledge on either side for the bowling ball to roll down. There is a metal handle attached to the top of the ramp so that the operator can aim the ramp down the lane. This piece fits on to a wooden Y-shaped piece that gives the ramp stability. This piece also has suction cups on the bottom for adhering the ramp to the lane. The bottom piece is stable and the ramp piece moves freely. The donor's father Jerome "Chick" Petr designed and built the ramp while an employee of Western Electric in Baltimore, Maryland. These ramps came into use just after World War II and were used by returning veterans for rehab purposes as was wheelchair basketball and archery.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Bowling
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: level of sport
content: Adaptive Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0076.01
label: accession number
content: 2010.0076
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0076.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: handicapped accessible bowling ramp
label: Object Name
content: adaptive ramp, bowling
label: Object Name
content: bowling ramp, adaptive sports
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 1/2 in x 28 1/2 in x 52 in; 77.47 cm x 72.39 cm x 132.08 cm