Sports & Leisure - Overview
The nation's passion for sports is obvious every day—at NASCAR races, kiddie soccer matches, and countless other contests. From a handball used by Abraham Lincoln to Chris Evert's tennis racket to a baseball signed by Jackie Robinson, the roughly 6.000 objects in the Museum's sports collections bear witness to the vital place of sports in the nation's history. Paper sports objects in the collections, such as souvenir programs and baseball cards, number in the hundreds of thousands.
Leisure collections encompass a different range of objects, including camping vehicles and gear, video games, playing cards, sportswear, exercise equipment, and Currier and Ives prints of fishing, hunting, and horseracing. Some 4,000 toys dating from the colonial period to the present are a special strength of the collections.
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Duncan Rainbo Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This Duncan steel yo-yo was manufactured by the Cayo Manufacturing Company in 1934. It has flat black sides with a black and white stripe design around the edges. There is a red, yellow and blue internal, metallic spinning disc that can be seen through small cut out windows in the sides. The decal reads “Genuine Duncan Rainbo Yo-Yo, Trade Mark Reg. USA.” The Duncan Toys Company contracted its metal yo-yos to the Cayo Manufacturing Company until World War II.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1934
- maker
- Duncan
- Cayo Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.02
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Duncan Starburst Whistler Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This steel Duncan yo-yo was made by the Cayo Manufacturing Company in the 1930s. It has flat sides and a red, yellow and blue starburst lithograph seal design on both halves. There are two small air holes that make a whistling sound when the toy is spun. The decal reads “Genuine Duncan Whistling Yo-Yo.” The Duncan Toys Company contracted its metal yo-yos to the Cayo Manufacturing Company until World War II.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1930s
- maker
- Duncan
- Cayo Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.03
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Buster Brown Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This steel whistling yo-yo with rounded sides and a metal axle was made in the 1960s. It has a yellow and green design with a graphic of comic strip character Buster Brown and his dog Tige. The characters were created in 1902 by cartoonist Richard Outcault. This yo-yo advertises Buster Brown brand shoes
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1960-1970
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.05
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.05
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Festival Screamer Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This steel, whistling yo-yo was made by Festival in the 1960s. It has a black and yellow checkered design on both sides and is called 'The Screamer" as two small air holes create a screaming sound effect when spun. The decal reads “Festival Screamer YoYo.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1960s-1970s
- maker
- Festival
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.06
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.06
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Gorham Silver Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This metal yo-yo was made by the Gorham Manufacturing Company in the 1970s. It has flat sides and a sterling silver shell. The yo-yo features an ornate repousse leaf pattern and is engraved at the center. The Gorham Manufacturing Company was originally founded in Rhode Island in 1831 as a sterling silver maker.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1970s
- maker
- Gorham
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.07
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.07
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Oriental Trading Company American Flag Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This steel yo-yo was made by the Oriental Trading Company in the 1990s. This yo-yo has flat sides and a red, white, and blue American flag design on both halves. The Oriental Trading Company, begun as a gift shop in Omaha, is a large wholesale company that sells arts and crafts, toys and novelties.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1990s
- maker
- Oriental Trading Company
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.08
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.08
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Hand-Carved Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This dark brown wooden hand-carved yo-yo has a floral design and is marked “1951” and "TONY FRANK." Demonstrators carved yo-yos as awards for contest winners during the 1940s and 1950s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1951
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.09
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.09
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Duncan Beginner Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This wooden yo-yo was made by Duncan Toys Company in the 1960s. It is black on one half and red on the other. A Duncan Beginners Yo-Yo, it is part of a line made since the 1930s. Yo-Yos from this line are usually wooden with pegged strings. This example features a very early image of Duncan's mascot “Mr. Yo-Yo.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1930s
- maker
- Duncan
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.10
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.10
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Duncan Beginner Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This wooden yo-yo was made by the Duncan Toys Company in the 1950s. It is made of wood and has one black side and one red side. This is a "Beginners Yo-Yo," which were less expensive than the company's tournament models.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1950s
- maker
- Duncan
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.11
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.11
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Duncan Tournament Yo-Yo
- Description (Brief)
- This dark-blue "little g" wooden yo-yo was made by the Duncan Toys Company in the 1950s. It has a gold stamped seal that reads “Genuine Tournament Yo-Yo, Reg. US Pat Off., Duncan Tops.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Duncan
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.12
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.12
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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