When was slinky created

Cricket Media Articles. Invention Activities. For Educators InvenTeam Grants. Her embrace of national advertising made the Slinky jingle familiar:. What walks down stairs alone or in pairs and makes a slinkety sound? A spring a spring, a marvelous thing. Production of the Slinky moved to Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, in the mids.

In , she sold the company to Poof Products of Plymouth, Michigan, and in that firm and two others merged to become Alex Brands, headquartered in Fairfield, New Jersey.

Betty James died in Philadelphia at age 90 in By , an estimated million Slinkys had been sold worldwide. Classroom teachers used the Slinky to demonstrate friction, inertia, and momentum. Physicists experimented with the Slinky for its reactions to gravity, and math teachers have used it in lessons about equilibrium. The Slinky survived and prospered while traveling the globe, the stars, and the stairways of homes across America.

Jeff Gammage is a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Crockett, Zachary. Scott, Sharon M. Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia. If you have enough allowance money saved up, purchase a Slinky toy to play with at home! If you've ever played with a Slinky toy before, you probably know they come in different types. Some are metal and some are plastic.

Did you know you could make your own paper slinky at home? Jump online to check out How To Make an Origami Slinky to watch a video that'll walk you through the process step by step. Have fun! Did you get it? Test your knowledge. What are you wondering? Wonder Words aisle spring tension complex convince enduring simplicity successful experimented Take the Wonder Word Challenge. Join the Discussion. Brie Mar 2, One time I rapped a slinky around my arm and I got cut.

Mar 5, Teresa Monroe Jan 31, I remember playing with my cousin's Slinky at my grandparents' house in the mid s. He decided to chase it down the basement stairs. He ate a lot of pudding after that! Feb 5, Jillian Jan 26, S Navy ship in World War. Feb 13, Thanks for adding to the conversation, A'Triana! Slinkys are a fun and very popular toy! Jan 29, Adrian Jan 26, I am really good with a slinky I can even do tricks.

That's awesome, Adrian! What are some of the tricks you can do? JJ Jan 26, Jeff Jan 25, We're so glad that you liked this Wonder, Jeff!! Jonathan Saylors Jan 24, Jan 26, Thanks, Jonathan! We plan to!! Advertisements for the Clifton Heights factory show other products: a pull-toy Slinky train, a "Slink'Em Game" that let users play baseball, numbers and big game hunt and a motorized Slinky display. The Slinky brand had a home. Then came That year, her husband Richard left Philadelphia for Bolivia with a religious group.

With six kids to support and a fledgling business to support them on, Betty James had to make a decision. This is how she told it to the New York Times reporter: "The children then were ages 2, 4, 6, 8, 16 and So, no, I wasn't interested in South America. When we first had Slinky, we got a lot of publicity, made a lot of money, and he just didn't handle it well.

He thought he was big time. And these religious people always had their hands out. He had given so much away that I was almost bankrupt. I sold the factory and decided to move from the Philadelphia area back to Altoona, where I grew up, with the business.

In , James Industries moved west, into the Appalachians, to Altoona suburb Hollidaysburg and Betty James took the position of chief executive officer.