Royal Manufacturing Company King Size Yo-Yo
date: label: Date made
content: 1950s
name: label: maker
content: Royal Tops Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This jumbo-size wooden yo-yo was made by Royal Manufacturing Company in the 1950s. It is blue with a gold stripe, and features a red and yellow crown graphic meant to look like the Crown of England. A blue and white decal reads “Royal Tops Mfg. Co. L.I City. N.Y. King Size Yo-Yo.” Royal was a major mid-century maker begun by Filipino immigrant Joe Radovan.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, Queens, Long Island City
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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: 2002.0246.24
label: accession number
content: 2002.0246
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0246.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: yo-yo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 7.5 cm; x 1 9/16 in x 2 15/16 in