Sports & Leisure

Tennis Racket

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.

Russell Australian Coca-Cola Yo-Yo

This plastic yo-yo was manufactured by the Jack Russell Company during the 1960s.
Description (Brief)
This plastic yo-yo was manufactured by the Jack Russell Company during the 1960s. It has white sides which read, “Genuine Russell Yo-Yo, Made in Australia, Pause for Coke, Trademark Registered, Be Really Refreshed, Championship.” Jack Russell began his career as a Duncan yo-yo professional before creating a foreign promotions company for the Duncan Toys Company in the early 1950s. In 1958 Russell formed his own promotional firm which primarily worked with the Coca-Cola Company. This is an example of an Australian Coca-Cola promotion.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1960s-1980s
maker
Russell
ID Number
2002.0246.26
accession number
2002.0246
catalog number
2002.0246.26

Dish

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1923
date used
1936 to 1960s
maker
Beetleware Corporation
ID Number
1984.0331.10
accession number
1984.0331
catalog number
1984.0331.10

McDonald's Hamburger Yo-Yo

This plastic yo-yo was distributed by the McDonald's restaurant chain during the 1980s. Made to resemble a hamburger, it was given away in Happy Meals and other regional promotions.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
This plastic yo-yo was distributed by the McDonald's restaurant chain during the 1980s. Made to resemble a hamburger, it was given away in Happy Meals and other regional promotions.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1980s
maker
McDonald's Corporation
ID Number
2002.0246.25
accession number
2002.0246
catalog number
2002.0246.25

Playmaxx ProYo Yo-Yo

This plastic yo-yo was made by Playmaxx Inc. in the 1990s. It was named the "ProYo" and has indented flat sides. It has a removable seal featuring a red and black graphic of Duncan Toys Company mascot "Mr. Yo-Yo" doing a “Texas Cowboy” trick.
Description (Brief)
This plastic yo-yo was made by Playmaxx Inc. in the 1990s. It was named the "ProYo" and has indented flat sides. It has a removable seal featuring a red and black graphic of Duncan Toys Company mascot "Mr. Yo-Yo" doing a “Texas Cowboy” trick. The "ProYo" line was started in 1976 by Donald Duncan, Jr., son of Duncan Toys founder Donald F. Duncan.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1990s
maker
Playmaxx
ID Number
2002.0246.41
accession number
2002.0246
catalog number
2002.0246.41

1942 Victory Bicycle

Soon after the United States entered World War II, the federal government decided that bicycles should be brought under consumer manufacturing guidelines so that they might support conservation efforts, local transportation, and the war production work force.
Description
Soon after the United States entered World War II, the federal government decided that bicycles should be brought under consumer manufacturing guidelines so that they might support conservation efforts, local transportation, and the war production work force. A series of orders reduced bicycle design to bare essentials, limited metal and rubber content, set output quotas, promoted the use of bicycles among adult civilians, allocated bicycles for military use, and suspended production of children's bicycles, which comprised 85 percent of the prewar market. These measures were designed to conserve rubber and metals needed for war materiel and complement gasoline and automobile tire rationing by providing an alternate form of transportation for war production workers and other workers.
In December 1941, the Office of Production Management and leading manufacturers developed specifications for a simplified bicycle dubbed the "Victory bicycle" by government and media. OPM reviewed several prototypes submitted for examination. Regulations finalized in March 1942 specified that bicycles would be lightweight - not more than 31 pounds, about two-thirds the weight of prewar bicycles - and they would be made of steel only, with no copper or nickel parts. Chrome plating was limited to a few small pieces of hardware. Handlebars and wheel rims would be painted instead of chrome plated, and most accessories (chain guard, basket, luggage rack, bell, whitewall tires) were eliminated. Tire size was limited to a width of 1.375 inches, narrower than balloon tires on prewar children's bikes. Production was set at 750,000 Victory bicycles per year by twelve manufacturers, approximately 40 percent of total prewar production but a significant increase in annual production of adult bicycles. The manufacture of all other types of civilian bicycles was halted.
As a prelude to rationing, the federal government imposed a freeze on bicycle sales and allocated almost 10,000 bikes to war production plants for use by workers and messengers. By July 1942 the Office of Price Administration estimated that 150,000 Victory bicycles and 90,000 prewar bikes were available for retail sale. OPA rationed new and prewar men's and women's bicycles. Any adult who was gainfully employed or contributed in some way to the war effort or public welfare could purchase a bicycle if she or he could cite a compelling reason, such as inadequate public transportation, excessive walking, or responsibility for a delivery service. In August 1942 eligibility was further restricted to persons in critical occupations, including physicians, nurses, druggists, ministers, school teachers, mail carriers, firefighters, police officers, construction workers, delivery personnel, public safety officers, and others. By the summer of 1942, American Bicyclist and Motorcyclist reported that thousands of war production workers were riding bicycles to their jobs, and new and used bikes were in great demand. Some companies owned fleets of bicycles for work-related uses such as reading electric meters.
Pauline Anderson of Norwalk, Connecticut was hired as a mathematics teacher at Norwalk High School in the fall of 1942 and purchased a Victory bicycle shortly thereafter. She lived with her parents, George and Flora Anderson, in a residential neighborhood two miles from downtown Norwalk. Pauline married Walter Dudding on November 26, 1942 but continued to live with her parents while her husband was serving in the Coast Guard. Mrs. Dudding rode the bicycle on errands and pleasure trips in the Norwalk area. It was a good form of supplemental transportation, but she didn't commute to work on the bike; she rode a bus or shared a ride with her father, who owned an automotive sales and repair shop in downtown Norwalk. The high school also was located downtown.
Pauline Dudding's bicycle has all the features of a 1942 Victory bicycle. The handlebars have black paint instead of chrome plating, and the wheel rims are painted a tan color. The frame is painted red, white and blue. In keeping with a War Production Board order, there is no nameplate or other brand identification other than the letter "H" (for Huffman) stamped on the bottom of the crankcase beside the serial number. In September 1942 the number of authorized Victory bicycle manufacturers was reduced from twelve to two, and the WPB decided that "no firm left in a business from which others are excluded shall be permitted to spread its name over the land and in foreign countries" (Wall Street Journal, September 3, 1942).
date made
1942
maker
Huffman Manufacturing Company
ID Number
2006.0183.01
accession number
2006.0183
catalog number
2006.0183.01

Bargetto Family's Bocce Ball

Bocce is a game with ancient roots that was widely practiced in Italy and among Italian immigrants to America. Played on a court or any large, flat surface, the inexpensive game was an important element in the social and community life of immigrants from Italy.
Description
Bocce is a game with ancient roots that was widely practiced in Italy and among Italian immigrants to America. Played on a court or any large, flat surface, the inexpensive game was an important element in the social and community life of immigrants from Italy. Since the late 1980s bocce has become a popular pastime for millions of Americans.
This bocce ball was part of a set owned by John P. Bargetto, who immigrated to the United States in 1909 to join his brother Philip, a winemaker in California. Made of a rubber composition, the ball is well used and shows a few remnants of green paint and black marks. In bocce, each player rolls two balls toward a mark (another, smaller ball called the Pallino). The player whose bocce balls land closest to the mark is awarded points. Bocce games can go on for hours as players strategize each roll of the ball.
The Bargetto family’s story reflects in many ways the history of Italians in California, with several themes threaded throughout: multiple migrations between Italy and America, opportunity and work in the wine industry, and the importance of family and community. The first Bargettos to arrive in California were Giuseppe (Joseph) and his eldest son Filippo (Philip), who left their ancestral home in Italy’s Piedmont region, in 1890. They settled among other Italians in the winegrowing area around Mountain View, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where they found work at the Casa Delmas Winery. Although Joseph moved back to Italy two years later, Philip remained until 1902, when he returned to Italy to be married. Three years later Philip and his new family arrived back in California, settling first in San Francisco, then, with remarkable prescience, to Mountain View just before the devastating earthquake and fire in 1906.
In 1909, back in San Francisco, the Bargettos opened their first family winery on Montgomery Avenue. Philip’s uncle Giovanni (John) arrived from Italy and, with a third partner, Alberto Colombo, they formed the South Montebello Vineyard and Wine Co., where they fermented, aged, and delivered barrels of wine to local restaurants. The next member of the family to arrive from Italy was Philip’s younger brother, also named Giovanni (John P.), who went to work in a San Francisco restaurant. After two years and suffering from exhaustion, he moved to the Santa Cruz Mountains, where he was joined by his sisters Angelina and Maddalena, both of whom married Italian immigrants. The growing Bargetto family became part of an expanding community of Italian Americans in the town of Soquel.
As Prohibition loomed, the Bargettos closed the San Francisco winery and moved to Soquel in 1917, where they purchased the site of what became the family’s winery after Repeal. Here they began making wine for home use by family and friends. To keep themselves financially afloat during Prohibition’s dry years, the family peddled vegetables and also served meals out of their home on weekends. Customers who wanted a glass of wine with their meal, a longstanding Italian tradition, were served wine from barrels stored in the cellar.
After Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the Bargettos applied for federal bonding, and officially became Bonded Winery 3859. The two brothers, Philip and John P., ran the winery together until Philip’s death in 1936; through the 1940s and 1950s, John P. held the company together with help from his sons Ralph and Lawrence, who took the lead in the 1970s and 1980s.
The winery was still family-owned in 2014, when artifacts associated with the early years of the Bargetto family’s winery were donated to the museum. The donor, John E. Bargetto, with his brother and sister, are the third generation of Bargettos to operate the family’s wine business in the Central Coast region of California.
Location
Currently not on view
ID Number
2014.0321.02
accession number
2014.0321
catalog number
2014.0321.02

Lawn Dart Game

Lawn darts (also known as jarts) were a popular backyard lawn game during the 1980s. This lawn dart set sold by DP Superdarts is composed of three yellow darts and three red darts, with two plastic circles as targets.Currently not on view
Description
Lawn darts (also known as jarts) were a popular backyard lawn game during the 1980s. This lawn dart set sold by DP Superdarts is composed of three yellow darts and three red darts, with two plastic circles as targets.
Location
Currently not on view
ID Number
2014.3006.01.3
nonaccession number
2014.3006
catalog number
2014.3006.01.3

1953 Glasspar sports car

This 1953 Glasspar is an example of fiberglass-body sports cars made in small quantities after World War II. Some American motorists, particularly veterans returning from overseas duty, wanted European-style sports cars.
Description
This 1953 Glasspar is an example of fiberglass-body sports cars made in small quantities after World War II. Some American motorists, particularly veterans returning from overseas duty, wanted European-style sports cars. Several American companies began small-scale production of sports cars with molded fiberglass bodies. This type of body could be made in small quantities without the expensive tooling, dies, and presses needed to make steel bodies. William Tritt, a California fiberglass-boat builder, introduced the Jaguar-like Glasspar in 1951 and sold several hundred bodies. The Glasspar body fit on a used automobile chassis that the owner obtained and customized by shortening the wheelbase. A fiberglass body was not only simpler to make; it was lightweight, rustproof, dent-resistant, and easy to repair. And it was inexpensive; a Glasspar body sold for only $950, one-fourth the price of a Jaguar and less than half the price of a Ford convertible. Tritt improved the technique of making fiberglass bodies and made more bodies of this type than his competitors. He understood the importance of casting an automobile body in one piece, and he developed techniques to avoid shrinkage, tearing at metal joints, and mismatched parts. Dale L. Dutton, a Glasspar enthusiast, donated this car to the Smithsonian in 1996.
Major auto manufacturers dismissed plastic bodies following an unsuccessful Ford experiment in the early 1940s, but William Tritt demonstrated that a body made of polyester resin and glass strands was practical, economical to produce, and superior to steel in many ways. Tritt introduced the Glasspar in 1951 and made about 300 sports car bodies by hand over a period of several years. Despite its advantages, the plastic car seemed destined to remain a low-volume vehicle because of slow production and limited capital investment; only one Glasspar body was made per day. But in 1953, General Motors decided to make Corvette bodies of fiberglass and consulted with Tritt
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1953
maker
Glasspar Company
ID Number
1996.0401.01
accession number
1996.0401
catalog number
1996.0401.01

Vanderbilt Cup, 1904

William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. and AAA established America’s first international auto race in 1904. Held annually on Long Island’s public roads, the race was aimed at improving the performance of American automobiles.
Description
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. and AAA established America’s first international auto race in 1904. Held annually on Long Island’s public roads, the race was aimed at improving the performance of American automobiles. The trophy, a silver cup made by Tiffany, is inscribed with the winning entries and an image of Vanderbilt in his Mercedes race car. After a spectator fatality in 1906, Vanderbilt constructed the first highway designed for automobiles, the Long Island Motor Parkway, where races resumed in 1908. After more fatalities, the race relocated to Georgia, Wisconsin, and California. Vanderbilt donated the cup to the Smithsonian in 1934.
Location
Currently on loan
date made
1904
maker
Tiffany & Co.
ID Number
TR.310894
accession number
131820
catalog number
310894

Duncan Campbell's Soup Handball Toy

This paddleboard game was made by the Duncan Toys Company in the 1950s as part of a Campbell’s Soup promotion. The board is a red and white cardboard paddle. A hole in the center of the paddle holds a rubber cord and ball.
Description (Brief)
This paddleboard game was made by the Duncan Toys Company in the 1950s as part of a Campbell’s Soup promotion. The board is a red and white cardboard paddle. A hole in the center of the paddle holds a rubber cord and ball. There is a graphic of the "Campbell Soup Kids" on one side.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1950s
maker
Duncan
ID Number
2002.0246.59
accession number
2002.0246
catalog number
2002.0246.59

Bowl

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1923
date used
1936 to 1960s
maker
Beetleware Corporation
ID Number
1984.0331.07
accession number
1984.0331
catalog number
1984.0331.07

Festival Screamer Yo-Yo

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.”Currently not on view
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

Playmaxx Pro Yo II Yo-Yo

This plastic yo-yo was made by Playmaxx Inc. in the 1990s. It is unopened upon its display card, which reads "ProYo II, the world’s longest spinning fixed axle yo-yo, with tricks inside." The yo-yo has a wooden axle, holographic silver insert seal and a red body.
Description (Brief)
This plastic yo-yo was made by Playmaxx Inc. in the 1990s. It is unopened upon its display card, which reads "ProYo II, the world’s longest spinning fixed axle yo-yo, with tricks inside." The yo-yo has a wooden axle, holographic silver insert seal and a red body. There is a cartoon graphic of a boy spinning a yo-yo on one side.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1990s
maker
Playmaxx
ID Number
2002.0246.56
accession number
2002.0246
catalog number
2002.0246.56

Duncan Genuine Yo-Yo

This wooden yo-yo was made by the Duncan Toys Company in the 1930s. It has a green design with a broad red stripe. The seal reads “Genuine Duncan Yo-Yo, Reg.
Description (Brief)
This wooden yo-yo was made by the Duncan Toys Company in the 1930s. It has a green design with a broad red stripe. The seal reads “Genuine Duncan Yo-Yo, Reg. US Pat.” This was an early version of the Duncan Genuine Yo-Yo, produced soon after Donald Duncan bought the trademark term “yo-yo” from inventor Pedro Flores. This yo-yo's seal is reminiscent of the one used by Flores.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1930s
maker
Duncan
ID Number
2002.0246.17
accession number
2002.0246
catalog number
2002.0246.17

Plate

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
ca 1923
date used
1936 to 1960s
maker
Beetleware Corporation
ID Number
1984.0331.05
accession number
1984.0331
catalog number
1984.0331.05

Cheerio Practice Yo-Yo

This type of wooden Cheerio brand yo-yo was made by Wilfred Schlee during the 1950s and 1960s in Ontario, Canada. It has flat sides and a pale green and white design.
Description (Brief)
This type of wooden Cheerio brand yo-yo was made by Wilfred Schlee during the 1950s and 1960s in Ontario, Canada. It has flat sides and a pale green and white design. There is a gold, red and black foil sticker on one side reading “Tested and Approved for Practice, Tournament Practice Cheerio, Return Top 25, By Official Worlds Champions.” Cheerio was the best selling yo-yo brand in Canada and England during the 1930s, and became one of the Duncan Toy Company's main U.S. competitors after World War II.
Location
Currently not on view
maker
Cheerio
ID Number
2002.0246.18
accession number
2002.0246
catalog number
2002.0246.18

Ship Model, ms Zuiderdam

This waterline model represents the ms Zuiderdam, a cruise ship owned and operated by Holland America Line. The Zuiderdam was built in Marghera, Italy, by Fincantieri, a firm specializing in modern cruise ships, and began service in 2002.
Description
This waterline model represents the ms Zuiderdam, a cruise ship owned and operated by Holland America Line. The Zuiderdam was built in Marghera, Italy, by Fincantieri, a firm specializing in modern cruise ships, and began service in 2002. The ship is the first in Holland America’s Vista-class series, the company’s new line of vessels featuring diesel-electric power plants for energy savings and an Azipod propulsion system for greater maneuverability. All Vista-class vessels are 81,769 gross tons and carry 1,848 passengers with a crew of 800. The Zuiderdam’s home port is Rotterdam.
Holland America Line designs its ships and markets its cruises for what the industry considers the premium markets. The Zuiderdam features Venetian-themed artwork and offers a variety of suites, staterooms, restaurants, lounges, and cafes, as well as recreational facilities including a theater, a golf simulator room, a casino, and a spa. Like other large cruise ship companies, Holland America caters largely to American customers. It runs vessels in all of the major cruise markets, including the Caribbean, Alaska, Asia, the South Pacific, Europe, and the Mediterranean.
date made
2000
owned and operated
Holland America Line
firm who built the ship
Fincantieri
ID Number
2007.0172.01
catalog number
2007.0172.01
accession number
2007.0172

University of Minnesota Songs

This song book University of Minnesota Songs, was published by Thornton W. Allen in New York, New York in 1926.Currently not on view
Description
This song book University of Minnesota Songs, was published by Thornton W. Allen in New York, New York in 1926.
Location
Currently not on view
publishing date
1926
referenced
University of Minnesota
publisher
University of Minnesota
ID Number
1986.0370.03
accession number
1986.0370
catalog number
1986.0370.03

Golf Ball Marker, used by Harry Warren

This golf ball marker was made by Swinston Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, undetermined date. It a made of chrome-plated metal with metal type that spells out the name “Harry Warren.” With original box and instructions. The box is printed:WINTON & CO.
Description

This golf ball marker was made by Swinston Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, undetermined date. It a made of chrome-plated metal with metal type that spells out the name “Harry Warren.” With original box and instructions. The box is printed:

WINTON & CO. PGH.U.S.A.

Location
Currently not on view
manufacturer
Swinston Company
ID Number
2002.3101.15
patent number
1633526
1701921
1721965
1817317
catalog number
2002.3101.15
nonaccession number
2002.3101

Duncan Mardi Gras Yo-Yo

This Tenite plastic yo-yo was made by the Duncan Toys Company in the 1960s. It is unopened on a display card that reads "Duncan Mardi Gras Yo-yo Return Top, no. 700." The card features an image of a man in a party hat and mask.
Description (Brief)
This Tenite plastic yo-yo was made by the Duncan Toys Company in the 1960s. It is unopened on a display card that reads "Duncan Mardi Gras Yo-yo Return Top, no. 700." The card features an image of a man in a party hat and mask. The yo-yo has flat sides with a metal axle and an abstract white, red, black and glitter design .
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1960s
maker
Duncan
ID Number
2002.0246.55
accession number
2002.0246
catalog number
2002.0246.55

Bargetto Family's Bocce Ball

Bocce is a game with ancient roots that was widely practiced in Italy and among Italian immigrants to America. Played on a court or any large, flat surface, the inexpensive game was an important element in the social and community life of immigrants from Italy.
Description
Bocce is a game with ancient roots that was widely practiced in Italy and among Italian immigrants to America. Played on a court or any large, flat surface, the inexpensive game was an important element in the social and community life of immigrants from Italy. Since the late 1980s bocce has become a popular pastime for millions of Americans.
This bocce ball was part of a set owned by John P. Bargetto, who immigrated to the United States in 1909 to join his brother Philip, a winemaker in California. Made of a rubber composition, the ball is well used and shows a few remnants of green paint and black marks. In bocce, each player rolls two balls toward a mark (another, smaller ball called the Pallino). The player whose bocce balls land closest to the mark is awarded points. Bocce games can go on for hours as players strategize each roll of the ball.
The Bargetto family’s story reflects in many ways the history of Italians in California, with several themes threaded throughout: multiple migrations between Italy and America, opportunity and work in the wine industry, and the importance of family and community. The first Bargettos to arrive in California were Giuseppe (Joseph) and his eldest son Filippo (Philip), who left their ancestral home in Italy’s Piedmont region, in 1890. They settled among other Italians in the winegrowing area around Mountain View, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where they found work at the Casa Delmas Winery. Although Joseph moved back to Italy two years later, Philip remained until 1902, when he returned to Italy to be married. Three years later Philip and his new family arrived back in California, settling first in San Francisco, then, with remarkable prescience, to Mountain View just before the devastating earthquake and fire in 1906.
In 1909, back in San Francisco, the Bargettos opened their first family winery on Montgomery Avenue. Philip’s uncle Giovanni (John) arrived from Italy and, with a third partner, Alberto Colombo, they formed the South Montebello Vineyard and Wine Co., where they fermented, aged, and delivered barrels of wine to local restaurants. The next member of the family to arrive from Italy was Philip’s younger brother, also named Giovanni (John P.), who went to work in a San Francisco restaurant. After two years and suffering from exhaustion, he moved to the Santa Cruz Mountains, where he was joined by his sisters Angelina and Maddalena, both of whom married Italian immigrants. The growing Bargetto family became part of an expanding community of Italian Americans in the town of Soquel.
As Prohibition loomed, the Bargettos closed the San Francisco winery and moved to Soquel in 1917, where they purchased the site of what became the family’s winery after Repeal. Here they began making wine for home use by family and friends. To keep themselves financially afloat during Prohibition’s dry years, the family peddled vegetables and also served meals out of their home on weekends. Customers who wanted a glass of wine with their meal, a longstanding Italian tradition, were served wine from barrels stored in the cellar.
After Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the Bargettos applied for federal bonding, and officially became Bonded Winery 3859. The two brothers, Philip and John P., ran the winery together until Philip’s death in 1936; through the 1940s and 1950s, John P. held the company together with help from his sons Ralph and Lawrence, who took the lead in the 1970s and 1980s.
The winery was still family-owned in 2014, when artifacts associated with the early years of the Bargetto family’s winery were donated to the museum. The donor, John E. Bargetto, with his brother and sister, are the third generation of Bargettos to operate the family’s wine business in the Central Coast region of California.
Location
Currently not on view
ID Number
2014.0321.03
accession number
2014.0321
catalog number
2014.0321.03

Duncan Starburst Whistler Yo-Yo

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.
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

Duncan Return Top Yo-Yo

This red plastic yo-yo was made by the Duncan Toys Company. It has flat sides and features an image of Campbell's Soups mascot "Soup Boy."Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
This red plastic yo-yo was made by the Duncan Toys Company. It has flat sides and features an image of Campbell's Soups mascot "Soup Boy."
Location
Currently not on view
maker
Duncan
ID Number
2002.0246.34
accession number
2002.0246
catalog number
2002.0246.34

Arnaud and Isabel de Rosnay

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1974-03
photographer
Regan, Ken
ID Number
2014.0112.062
catalog number
2014.0112.062
accession number
2014.0112

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