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 ...

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 ...

Entrepreneur Donald Franklin Duncan (June 8, 1893-May 15, 1971) was founder of the Duncan Yo-Yo Company and the Duncan Parking Meter Corporation. He was born in Rome, Ohio, but spent his childhood in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It’s been 90 years of fun for Duncan Toys, an Ohio company known for its yo-yos. To celebrate, it’ll be slinging out a few yo-yo events in downtown Cleveland this summer. The ...

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Rolling into its 75th year, the Duncan yo-yo continues its up and down ride to success. Flambeau Inc. has been making yo-yos since the early 1960s, and the company sees another ...

LINDEN, Michigan — Area children — and those much older, but still a kid at heart — got a lesson in the art of yo-yoing today by professionals. Four yo-yo masters stopped by the Linden Toy Factory as ...

WINTER HAVEN — A few days before her sixth birthday in 1937, Velma Seawell Daniels’ father asked what she wanted more than anything in the world. Young Velma recalled being dazzled by the recent ...