- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Medium
- varnish on wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 15 9/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (39.6 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- Billy club from the Rock Rest tourist home. The small, wooden club is a solid piece of stained, brown wood. The handle is turned at the top and bottom, and has an incised banded grip.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Weapons and Ammunition
- Type
- bats
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Black interiors
- Business
- Segregation
- Travel
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
- Object number
- 2011.12.48
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




