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Flores Yo-Yo (mini) |
Exhibit #181 |
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Type | Production |
Shape | Standard (-) |
Axle | Fixed |
Finish | Painted |
Color | Red |
Packaging | None |
Construction | One piece wood |
Response | None |
Diameter | 1 5/8 |
Gap | Fixed |
Estimated Value | $750 |
Condition | 7 |
Date | 1928 |
Owner | David Hall |
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This is the yo-yo that started it all in the USA. If yo-yos were catalogged like stamps, this one would be #1. Pedro Flores, an immigrant from the Phillipines, start a company making these toys from his homeland. Donald Duncan noticed the toys ability to draw a crowd, and the rest is history.
One piece wooden design and undersized, it also had a very very thin gap. These were lathed out by hand and even each half of this one piece wooden yo-yo is a little different in shape. The string was a slip string, an innovation creditted to Donald Duncan, but apparently a part of Flores yo-yos before the company was sold.
This is an original Flores yo-yo from the late 1920s, red gloss with a black ink stamped logo.
To see all mini yo-yos in this museum, in the left panel, click Exhibits.
In the right pane, in the Name/Model field, type mini , then click Browse. | |
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