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Gayla Industries, Inc. was founded in 1961 primarily as a manufacturer of plastic keel-guided delta-wing kites that require no tails, as well as latex balloons. Their kites are sold worldwide in toy and hobby stores. [2] The company owns several patents on their tail-less keel-guided kite designs. [3]
Kip’s Toyland, founded in 1945, is the oldest toy store in Los Angeles. [1] Located in the Farmers Market, the store was the brainchild of Irvin Kipper, a U.S. Air Force bomber pilot who, during World War II, was shot down in his B-17 over Bologna, Italy, on his 26th mission.
L.A. County employees Jeanette Orozco, center, and Jessica Castillo, left, help bring toys delivered by U.S. Postal Service trucks to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family ...
The Toy District is a 12-block area in eastern Downtown Los Angeles, bounded by Los Angeles Street on the west, Third and Fifth streets on the north and south and San Pedro Street on the east. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a multilingual, multicultural area [ 3 ] that consists of one- and two-story buildings often painted in pastel shades and is home to ...
Shindana Toys, a division of Operation Bootstrap, Inc., was a South Central Los Angeles, California cooperative toy company in business from 1968 to 1983. [1] It was launched as a black empowerment and community rejuvenation effort following the Watts riots. [2]: 205–206 [1] [3] Company proceeds supported businesses in the Watts area.
K·B Toys (also known as Kay Bee Toys) [1] was an American chain of mall-based retail toy stores.The company was founded in 1922 as Kaufman Brothers, a wholesale candy store. . The company opened a wholesale toy store in 1946, and ended its candy wholesales two years later to emphasize its toy produc
The Soap Plant sells a large variety of soaps, oils, and lotions. They are all hand-made. Wacko mainly sells pop culture toys and miscellaneous products but also has one of the largest collections of postcards in Los Angeles. [1] [6] [7] [8] Many celebrities, including Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson, and Madonna, have visited the shop. [9]
Imperial Toy Corporation is a North Hills, California-based toy company founded in April 1969 by Fred Kort, [1] best known for producing rubber animals. One of their best known products is an articulated Godzilla action figure that is available in several sizes and was regularly seen in the sitcom , Roseanne .