American Marble Toy Manufacturing Company

Leighton a famous glass master and founded the american marble and toy manufacturing company in akron on loch 3 park.

American marble toy manufacturing company. During the 19th century. It mass produced a million marbles a day and turned out dozens of other toys including the blue santa. This company was the first toy marble factory in the usa. Also found on the former site of the american marble and toy manufacturing company were early glass marbles such as the three shown below top row of marbles last three on the right evidence that sam dyke was evoking technology for the mass production these beautiful marbles as well.

The kokomo opalescent glass company was founded in 1888 in kokomo indiana and continues to operate today. Dyke s company grew so well that once again he joined with actaeon and a man named james e. Electric and mechanical 75 tricycles 44 video game machines except coin operated 91. It became the largest toy company to operate in the u s.

Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles. There were 32 toy marble companies located in the greater akron area between 1884 and 1951. A few years later in 1891 sam dyke founded the american marble toy manufacturing company and it was this factory that became the largest toy company to operate in the united states during the nineteenth century. Dyke in 1884 at his akron toy company later incorporated as the american marble toy manufacturing company now the site of lock 3 park in akron ohio.

The companies expanded to other industries. By the 1950s japanese toy makers had introduced inexpensive cats eye marbles and quickly began to outsell american makers. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. Toy horns 4 toy manufacturing supplies 9 toy marbles manufacturers 23 toy musical instruments 6 toy pistols 3 toy rifles except air 1 toy trains airplanes and automobiles 42 toys manufacturers 63 trains and equipment toy.

The first mass produced toy was made by samuel c. At this time it employed approximately 350 people. In the late 1930s kokomo purchased a marble making machine from peltier glass company and used it to produce marbles made from the glass rejected in their rolling process. Companies and makers in akron quickly began to shut.

The success of dyke s akron toy company spurred other entrepreneurs to start up their own marble works in the akron area. The american marble toy manufacturing co. The company produces rolled glass which is used in windows lamps etc.