Evanston / Oak Park / Tokyo / New York City / Chicago / Iola / /
Company
Playskool Company / U R P O S E T OY / Red Square Toy Company / Strombecker Corporation / Dowst Manufacturing Company / John Lloyd Wright Toy Company / G LO S S A / Cracker Jack / Toy Tinkers Company / Polk Bros / Dowst Brothers Company / /
Continent
America / /
Country
Japan / United States / /
Currency
cent / /
Event
M&A / FDA Phase / Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
Imperial Hotel / /
IndustryTerm
transportation toys toys / metal casting / construction site / metal people / transportation toys / metal figures / metal / toy manufacturing / printing / social systems / molten metal / metal cools / Web resources / industrial products / die-cast toy car / /
Organization
History Lab / Chicago Historical Society / /
Person
Charles O. Dowst / Tinkertoys Charles Pajeau / Abraham Lincoln / Lincoln Logs / Samuel Dowst / Henry Ford / Tinkertoys Logs / Charles Pajeau / Heidi Moisan / Frank Lloyd Wright / John Lloyd Wright / Tootsietoys Samuel Dowst / Sharon / Lincoln Logs John Lloyd Wright / /
Position
architect / manager / construction and transportation toys Teacher / manager of two drugstores / teacher / leader / Model / chair / toy Model / famous architect / founder / /
P L AY I N G I N C H I C A G O | P L AY W I T H A P U R P O S E PLAY WITH A PURPOSE Grade level: Third through fifth grades Estimated time: Four class periods