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A 'Big Wheel,' manufactured by Marx Toys, is displayed at the Hagen History Center in Erie. Their Big Wheel trikes, model trains, wind-up toys, and toy soldier sets were among Marx Toys ...
The first Marx Toys factory in Erie opened in 1927. The company bought the Girard Model Works, which had already been making toys for Marx, in 1935.
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The Erie plant was the oldest and largest, while the Girard plant, acquired in 1934 with the purchase of Girard Model Works, produced toy trains, and the Glen Dale plant produced toy vehicles. Additionally, Marx operated numerous plants overseas, and in 1955 five percent of the toys Marx sold in the US were made in Japan. [4]
The Girard Model Works operated from the early 1920s to 1934, making various metal toys, vehicles and trains. "Joy Line" was the name given to their 4-inch line of lithographed trains. [5] In 1928, Louis Marx, the founder of Louis Marx and Company, worked for the company and marketed their toys
A child riding a Big Wheel tricycle. Big Wheel is a brand of low-riding tricycle, made mostly of plastic, with a large front wheel and shallow seat.Introduced by Louis Marx and Company in 1969 and manufactured in Girard, Pennsylvania, the Big Wheel was a popular toy in the 1970s in the United States, partly because of its low cost and partly because consumer groups said it was a safer ...
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Marx was featured on the cover of Time magazine on December 12, 1955, with his portrait eclipsing an image of Santa Claus, while examples of his toys swirl in the background. Marx married his first wife Irene Saltzman, nicknamed René, on December 31, 1927 in Manhattan, New York. [7] Rene died in April 1944 of breast cancer at age 37. Marx ...