Marx Toys

Yahoo: The Marx Toys story: The toymakers and their 'elves' made memories for children

Marx Toys employed more than 2,000 workers at its factories, warehouses and other Erie and Girard facilities at their peak in the 1940s and '50s. From designing to assembling and packaging toys to ...

The Marx Toys story: The toymakers and their 'elves' made memories for children

Yahoo: The Marx Toys story: Iconic toys once made in Erie and Girard were Christmas favorites

Toys under the tree on Christmas morning weren't always made at the North Pole. For a half-century, until 1980, many were made in Erie and Girard by Marx Toys. The company founded by "Toy King" Louis ...

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The Marx Toys story: Iconic toys once made in Erie and Girard were Christmas favorites

Yes, there is. Or there was. Santa was Louis Marx, a chubby, cigar-chomping captain of industry who created the Marx toy company, once the largest manufacturer of toys in the world. With his wife, ...

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AOL: The Marx Toys story: Iconic toys once made in Erie and Girard were Christmas favorites

This is the first in a three-part series about Marx Toys and the people who made them. Toys under the tree on Christmas morning weren't always made at the North Pole. For a half-century, until 1980, ...

AOL: The Marx Toys story: Erie and Girard factories made toys for generations of kids worldwide

This is the third in a three-part series about Marx Toys and the people who made them. Read Part 1: Marx Toys made in Erie were Christmas favorites for more than 50 yearsRead Part 2: The toymakers and ...

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