Fig. 1 of U.S. Patent 531,103, titled "Bowling Ball", issued December 18, 1894. Bowling ball has thumb hole and a single finger hole.
United States of America, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, publishing the 1894 patent of inventor F. G. Dokkenwadel.
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