- Manufactured by
- Interworld Marketing Inc., American, founded 1970
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- after 1970
- Medium
- wood with paint and string (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 25 15/16 × 8 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (65.9 × 21 × 2.8 cm)
- Description
- An Interworld Marketing Inc. badminton racket from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The string area is completely strung. The wooden frame has blue painted detailing at the throat and at the bottom of the shaft above the handle. On one side, at the throat, is a stamped graphic of the manufacturer's logo that reads [IMI / Interworld Marketing Inc.] with two graphics of globes between the [IM] and the [MI]. The handle is wrapped with black grip tape.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- 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
- 2011.12.47.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




