During a recent trip to Baltimore, I decided to start a photo-essay on my homtown's long-standing tradition of duckpin bowling. For those unfamiliar with the sport, duckpin bowling is similar to standard bowling, but with smaller pins and balls. Each bowler gets three rolls per frame, rather than two. The East Coast is littered witih small, charming, privately owned duckpi alleys, the great majority of which are located in Maryland. Unfortunately, their numbers are dwindling and many bowlers are having to leave their neighborhood lanes to bowl at large chain bowling alleys that are not exclusively duckpin.