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Hubley is probably best known for their cast iron toys of the early 20th century, but they also made a wide (and popular) range of plastic toys for decades, following post-WWII manufacturing changes.

Disney merchandise has been around nearly as long and Disney Studios itself. Without it, there might not have been some of the classic Disney films that we've come to know and love today.

The first coins - currency in the form of flat pieces of metal with symbolic value - started to be used around the same time during the first millennium BCE […]

The lithographic process was invented in 1798 by German playwright Alois Senefelder, who wanted to reduce his publication costs by doing his own printing. Because copperplate engraving was an expensive […]

NOSCO Plastics, now known for their toys, originally started out as a of subsidiary of National Organ Supply Co. National Organ Supply* was formed in 1920 as a manufacturer of […]

“We made so many Honeymoon Expresses that it got to be a standing joke. Every year we would come out with a new Honeymoon Express model.” - Richard Carver, former […]