Hula Hoop Craze Frame Color:Unframed A century later

A century later

action on civil rights issues

and appearing at the Rose Bowl and the 1939 New York World's Fair

the zoo's oldest tenant

Hula Hoop Craze Frame Color:Unframed A century laterIn 1958, a "plastic hoop" craze was taking over New York's children, and the city was spinning under the impact of spontaneous "hoop spinning" contests, like this one at the 62nd street playground in Central Park taken by Times staff photographer Eddie Hausner. We attempted to explain the hula hoop phenomenon: "Some of the hoops are small, some big, but most are about three feet in diameter. Children in playgrounds and on sidewalks throughout the