Cheerio Practice Yo-Yo
name: label: maker
content: Cheerio
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Yo-Yos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donald F. Duncan, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0246.18
label: accession number
content: 2002.0246
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0246.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: yo-yo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 5.5 cm; x 1 3/16 in x 2 3/16 in