Duncan Yo-Yo Champion Trophy
date: label: Date made
content: 1950s
name: label: maker
content: Duncan
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This trophy was awarded during Yo-Yo Contests during the 1950s. The trophy is a solid brass statuette of Duncan Toys Company mascot "Mr. Yo-Yo" atop a wooden base. The plaque reads “A Good Sport Always Wins, Genuine Duncan Yo-Yo Champion." Duncan held a variety of contests in conjunction with newspapers, retailers and other firms during this periods to generate publicity and interest in the sport.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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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: 2002.0246.64
label: accession number
content: 2002.0246
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0246.64
objectType: label: Object Name
content: statuette
label: Object Name
content: trophy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 7.5 cm x 6.5 cm; 6 5/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 9/16 in