You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. June 6 is National Yo-yo Day. It’s called that because it’s the birthday of ...

The yo yo, *** toy with *** history stretching to ancient times, eventually taking the world by storm becoming one of the most iconic children's toys to ever exist. But what did it take to get this ...

June 6 marks National Yo-Yo Day, a celebration of one of the world's oldest and most enduring toys. The date honors the birthday of Donald F. Duncan Sr., the entrepreneur who helped turn the yo-yo ...

America owes its fascination with the yo-yo mainly to Chicago businessman Donald F. Duncan Sr., who spotted it while on a business trip to San Francisco in 1928. It was being used by Pedro Flores, a ...

When John Hankla was about 15 - he's 87 now - he met a yo-yo demonstrator from Duncan, the company famous for the spinning toy, who performed at local drug stores. Hankla became an apprentice of sorts ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This steel Duncan yo-yo was made by ...

Editor’s Note: This is the 385th in a series of articles recalling vanished Huntington scenes. HUNTINGTON — In the 1920s, a young man from the Philippines moved to California and began work as a ...