Trophy awarded to Dorothy Wise as the U.S. Open Billiard Champion, 1969
date: label: Date made
content: 1969
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Silver plated trophy consisting of a silver bowl with lid sitting on a black wooden base. The lid is topped with a woman billiard player. This trophy was won in 1969 by the donor, Dorothy Wise, at the U.S. Open from the Billiard Congress of America. Dorothy Wise began playing pool when women were not entering tournaments. It wasn't until 1967 that the first national tournament for women was held and for the next five years she won five consecutive U.S. Open titles.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Billiards
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Trophies
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dorothy Wise
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0266.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0266
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0266.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trophy
label: Object Name
content: trophy, billiards
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 1/2 in x 12 in x 7 in; 57.15 cm x 30.48 cm x 17.78 cm