Object Details
- depicted
- Rogers, Roy
- All Western Plastics
- Description (Brief)
- This plastic yo-yo was made by All Western Plastics in Nebraska during the 1950s. It has clear rounded sides and a yellow body, with a photo of movie cowboy Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger on one side. The other side features a printed advertisement for a "King and Queen" top spinner contest. The retail package reads: “It’s smooth and fast, it’s inside walls are slick as glass, no rough wood to catch the string, does all the tricks...its Roundup King.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Donald F. Duncan, Jr.
- 1950s
- ID Number
- 2002.0246.42
- accession number
- 2002.0246
- catalog number
- 2002.0246.42
- Object Name
- yo-yo
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 cm x 6 cm; x 1 3/16 in x 2 3/8 in
- Place Made
- United States: Nebraska, Scottsbluff
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Sports & Leisure
- Yo-Yos
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1192001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-542f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
