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Hasbro, Inc. ( / ˈhæzbroʊ /; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment holding company founded on December 6, 1923 by Henry, Hillel and Herman Hassenfeld and is incorporated and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. [5]
Stephen's grandfather, Henry Hassenfeld, was a Jewish immigrant from Poland who, with his brother Helal, founded a textile company that sold remnants called Hassenfeld Brothers. The brothers would move on to sell pencil boxes, school supplies, and later, toys.
Dec 15, 2023 · It was Henry Hassenfeld’s son, Merrill, who saw potential to get into playthings: His reasoning was that Hasbro needed product outside of school shopping season. In the 1930s and 1940s,...
Apr 1, 1990 · The founders, Henry and Hillel Hassenfeld, were Polish immigrants whose Hassenfeld Brothers Inc. evolved from the rag business in Pawtucket, R.I., to cloth-covered pencil boxes and from there into pencils and school supplies.
Early History. Hasbro traces its origin to an enterprise founded in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1923 by Henry, Hilal, and Herman Hassenfeld, brothers who had emigrated to the United States from Poland. The Hassenfeld brothers engaged in the textile remnant business, selling cloth leftovers.
The Hassenfelds were a Jewish family residing in a small village in what is now Poland. In 1903, they heard of anti-Semitic mobs in Eastern Europe that were perpetrating violence against Jews. Two of the brothers, 17-year-old Hillel and 14-year-old Henry, were sent by their parents to America to be safe from such anti-Semitic violence.
Nov 2, 2023 · The story of Hasbro begins in 1923, when three Polish-Jewish brothers, Henry, Hilal, and Herman Hassenfeld, founded Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island. The brothers emigrated to the United States from Poland and engaged in the textile remnant business, selling cloth leftovers.
