- Manufactured by
- Indiana Handle Company, Inc., American, founded 1932
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Medium
- paint on wood with plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 23 5/16 × 16 5/16 × 6 1/16 in. (59.2 × 41.5 × 15.4 cm)
- Description
- A Kourt King croquet game set caddy from Rock Rest Tourist Home. The light blue caddy is “I” shaped with three center supports and cross bars at the top and bottom. Each cross bar has six (6) holes at the top and bottom to hold the croquet mallets. The three center supports for the caddy double as a ball carrier. They have rounded shafts and each one has a large notch at the top to load the balls into the caddy. At the bottom of the caddy are two (2) supports. Looped around the middle of the top cross bar is a white plastic carrying strap. A white paper label is affixed to the top cross bar on one side of the caddy. It has the letters [RR] handwritten in pencil.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Paoli, Orange County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Toys and Games
- Type
- croquet sets
- caddies
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Black interiors
- Business
- Recreation
- Segregation
- Sports
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
- Object number
- 2011.12.32.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




