Fiberglass Bowling Pin Trade Sign
Name/Title
Fiberglass Bowling Pin Trade SignEntry/Object ID
2011.0013.0001Description
Three-dimensional fiberglass bowling pin is painted and has steel plate at bottom for mounting. Often referred to as Pinhead. The bowling pin originally identified Greenbook Lanes in Greenbrook, NJ in the late 1950's. The owner sold that lanes and opened another bowling alley in Manville, NJ. Bowling pin originally identified Greenbrook Bowling Lanes in Greenbrook, NJ. Ace Sign was asked to move the bowling pin to another bowling alley in Manville, NJ when the Greenbrook owner sold the bowling lane. Ace suggested that they actually install the bowling pin, but in order to save money, the owner had Ace simply place the pin on the roof. A couple days later, Ace got a call from the owner, telling them the pin had rolled off the roof and into the street and could they remove it and temporarily keep it at their shop. Ace did retrieve the bowling pin but despite repeated phone calls about what to do with the bowling pin, the owner never responded. The pin sat in Ace's yard for 15 years until they donated it to the museum in 2011. The bowling pin originally had a top hat on top of its "head," but it had deteriorated considerably and could not be saved.Collection
Permanent CollectionCategory
Signs/Displays, z_New Category Needed (Re-sort)