Manufactured by Nylint, Rockford, IL
Source: www.eBay.com , 2018
A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
Manufactured by Nylint, Rockford, IL
Source: www.eBay.com , 2018
Heavy Gauge Steel Toy, 1960’s, in original box
Manufactured in Rockford, Illinois
Source: www.eBay.com item was for sale on eBay
Source: Rockford Register Star Dec. 7, 1980
Source: Rockford Morning Star July 15, 1956
Rockford Industrial Athletic Association
1947 Nylint: Tindell
1947 Greenlee: Schulz
1947 Gunite: Stewart
1947 Woodward Governor: B. Schleicher and F. Schleicher
1947 National Lock: McMullen and Shearer
1947 Globe Imperial: Mayberry and Warner
1947: Washburn: McNalt and Rockwell
Source: Rockford Morning Star, 06/25/1947
Rockford Industrial Athletic Association
1947 Nylint Toy: Eastman
1947 Ekstrom-Carlson: E. Johnson
1947 Ebaloy: Manali and Pauletta
1947 Rockford Drop Forge: Nelson
1947 Sundstrand: Pirello
1947 Mechanics: Lee
1947 National Lock: Anderson and Nygren
1947 Rockford Machine Tool: Downing and Kneller
1947 Free Sewing: Anastasi, Dechaine
Source: Rockford Morning Star, 07/23/1947
Rockford Industrial Athletic Association
1947 Ingersoll: Peterson and Clausen
1947 Anderson Brothers: Yeager and Crowley
1947 Meyers: Coons, White and Rainey
1947 Roper: McCrudden, Allen and Hearns
1947 Rockford Furniture: Anderson
1947 Nylint Toy: Cancelose and Seaberg
1947 O & H Foundries: Dumchoski and Savitski
1947 Ekstrom-Carlson: Hogland and Balcitis
1947 Greenlee: Orville Lindquist and Muzzarelli
1947 Contour Hosiery: D. Murray, Rathke and Steigler
1947 Ebaloy: Casico and Casico
1947 Rockford Drop Forge: Haeggquist and Berglund
1947 J. L. Clark: Swenson, Melquist and Schmidt
1947 Joseph Behr: Yeagle and Behling
1947 Mattison: Rinaldo, Pegoraro, Ivan Johannes
1947 Amerock: Rydholm and Garnhart
1947 Mechanics: Stewart and Saudargus
1947 Sundstrand: Stonis, Kuhl and Scrogston
Source: Rockford Morning Star, 07/16/1947
author of “The Evolution of Toys,” and ” Toys in the Territory,” pp 148 – 153
numerous pictures of toys
Sock Monkey, Nelson Knitting, Rockford
Nylint, of Rockford, IL, founded in 1937, by Bernard Klint and David Nyberg. In 2001, Funrise Toys of California bought them out.
Tonka Toys, founded in 1946 by Lynn Baker, Alvin Tesh and Avery Crounse, in Mound, Minnesota. In 1991, Hasbro Inc. bought it out and moved it to China.
Structo Toys, founded in Freeport in 1908, as Thompson Manufacturing Co. The name changed to Structo Manufacturing in 1911. The company sold in 1973 to a manufacturer of farm toys, Ertl.
Testor Corp., founded in Rockford, around 2930 by Nils Testor, as a producer of “Crystal Clear Household Cement.” Circa WWII, Testor began producing static pinewood models of aircraft, and later added an engine. In the early 1970’s, Testor added plastic models.
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, Holiday 2014, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp 148-153
During WWII – manufactured 20 mil anti-aircraft guns
Source: Rockfordiana War Industries folder, WWII
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