MOUNDSVILLE -When visitors open the door to an unassuming building on a quiet street in Moundsville, they enter into an alternative universe, populated by an amazing array of toys from playtimes past ...
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 ...
In the 1950s, Louis Marx and Company began producing elaborate plastic playsets. In the 1950s, Louis Marx and Company began producing elaborate plastic playsets. Marx capitalized on the popularity of ...
Toys are favorites of children and adults. The tin windup toys of Louis Marx & Co. are especially popular because many collectors remember the toys from their childhood, and the toys are available in ...
This clockwork train represents an era before the advent of electrical and electronic toys. It comes from a time when trains were considered exciting and small boys collected train numbers and hoped ...
This is the second 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 years Marx Toys employed more than ...