Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2016.035.001 |
Object Name |
Bag, Sport |
Title |
Carrying Bag for Two Lawn Bowls? |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
A thick beige-coloured cord mesh carrying bag for two lawn bowling balls, horizontally elliptical in shape, with a beige cloth ring handle. |
Provenance |
Unknown maker. It was used in the 20th-century by a member of the Roselawn Bowling Club of Owen Sound. Found in 2016 when renovations were made to the Roselawn Lawn Bowling Club's building and a number of vintage lawn bowling items were discovered in the attic. The Roselawn Lawn Bowling Club was established in the early 1920s as the Owen Sound North Club (on the west side of town / Brooke) and in 1928 moved to its present site at __________. |
Collection |
Sporting & Recreational Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Cord/Cloth/Thread |
Dimensions |
W-32.5 L-27.5 D-2 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Barnes, William Roseborough, Ed |
Subjects |
Bowling Sports (summer) |
Search Terms |
Roselawn Lawn Bowling Club |
Function |
The bag likely was used to carry two heavy wooden lawn bowling bowls (look like balls, but are called bowls). It was found in a cache of vintage lawn bowling equipment when renovations were made to the attic area of the Roselawn Lawn Bowling Club's clubhouse building at Owen Sound. Each player needed four bowls when playing a game. In 1947, there were 72 members in the club. In 1968, there were about 115 members. |