When I was a kid I owned a lot of Slinky toys, which are the little wire coils that walk down the stairs by themselves. Kids today may not know this, but way before there was Sega and Nintendo there ...
Born on the water in Philadelphia, the Slinky was developed by one of the first great women of the American toy industry. Maura McGlensey, 6, of Clifton Heights, plays with a Slinky during the ...