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Title: A 1940s Pastime
Description: Photo of the Plaza Bowl on Nichols Road as it looked in the 1940s. It was closed following the 1977 Brush Creek flood.
Date: 1997
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Holy Rollers
Description: Brief article describing the bowling alley in the basement of St. John's Catholic Club in Strawberry Hill, a neighborhood near downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The bowling alley has been in continuous operation for over 60 years.
Date: 2004-01-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bowling Team
Description: Group portrait of the Cox Refrigeration Service bowling team, champions of the South Central Business Association Men's League for the 1949-50 season.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fellowship of Bowling
Description: Article profiles the St. John's Catholic Club bowling alley in Kansas City, Kansas, and many of its regular bowlers. The six-lane bowling alley is adjacent to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood. The alley dates back to 1922 and is thought to be the only church-affiliated bowling alley still in operation in the Kansas City metro area.
Date: 2011-02-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bowling Team with Trophy
Description: Group portrait of male bowling team with trophy at unidentified location; individual team members identified on back of photograph. Phot also found in Scrapbook #37, 1961, on page 29 and noted as 1960-61 Champions of the General Typewriter Company in the SCBA Men's Bowling League, Vito Randazzo, Sponsor.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Team Award
Description: Trophy presentation to women's bowling team at unidentified location. Photograph also found in Scrapbook #37, 1961, page 35 and identified as Champion Team bowlers in SCBA Bowling League of the Women's Division for 1960-61. The Linwood State Bank Team was composed of Fern Mitchell (captain), Mary Bradshaw, Harry Decker (presenting trophy), B. Magers, A. Wheeler, G. Wheeler.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: This Alley Was Outta this World
Description: Postcard image and short article on the former All Star Bowl at 6000 Independence Avenue. The former space-themed bowling venue featured "The Space Lounge," decorated with hanging planets, comets and rocket ships, as well as 24 automatic lanes, a pro shop, and children's playroom. It was one of four bowling alleys located in the Northeast neighborhood in the 1950s and 60s, including Allen Bowl, Northeast Bowl, and Sheffield Lanes.
Date: 2014-01-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bowling's First Family: Dave & July Soutar
Description: Profile of Dave and Judy Soutar, the first husband and wife both in the respective professional men's and women's bowling halls of fame.
Date: 1979-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Bowling Champs
Description: SCBA League Champions were (left to right) John Miller; Keck Dawson; Loren Claunch; Lloyd Berry - Allied Motors, Sponsor; George Raddant; and Ollie Sloan, captain. ''The league completed its 27th year at Clifford-Tessman Recreation.''
Date: 1957
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Team - Kansas City Life
Description: Group portrait of members of the Kansas City Life Insurance bowling team with trophy, identified as the 1953 champions of the South Central Business Association Bowling League.
Date: 1953-05-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bowling Team - J. C. Penney Company
Description: Members of the J. C. Penney Co. bowling team, ''The Penneys,'' who won the South Central Business Association Men's Bowling League Championship for the 1951-1952 season. The team also played in the American Bowling Congress tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 7 and 8, 1952.
Date: 1952-04
Object Type: Photograph

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