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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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A 1930 Marx ad for a No. 100 Doughboy Tank. Founded in August 1919 in New York City by Louis Marx and his brother David, the company's basic aim was to "give the customer more toy for less money," and stressed that "quality is not negotiable" – two values that made the company highly successful.
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 ...
Marx ruled his toy empire from the 200 5th Avenue, New York office, with open 24-hour telephone communication. His last plant visit had been in 1950. [12] Louis Marx died at the hospital in White Plains, New York, at age 85. He is interred in a private mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.
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The St. Nicholas Rink, also called the St. Nicholas Arena, was an indoor ice rink, and later a boxing arena in New York City from 1896 until 1962. The rink was one of the earliest indoor ice rinks made of mechanically frozen ice in North America (others included the North Avenue Ice Palace in Baltimore and the Ice Palace in New York, both opened in 1894), enabling a longer season for skating ...