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Lynn Everett Baker (1898–1964), Avery F. Crounse, and Alvin F. Tesch created the company in an old schoolhouse. Their building's former occupant, the Streater Company, had made and patented several toys, including toy trucks. [7]
Dec 5, 2000 · Alvin Tesch was a founding member of Tonka toys. Mound Metalcraft was created in 1946 in Mound, Minnesota by Lynn Everett Baker (1898–1964), Avery F. Crounse, and Alvin F. Tesch. Their original intent was to manufacture garden implements.
When Alvin Fredrick Tesch was born on 4 July 1915, in Belle Plaine, Scott, Minnesota, United States, his father, Emil Fred Tesch, was 26 and his mother, Mabel A Schmidt, was 22. He married Louise Bertha Adams on 18 October 1941, in Sibley, Minnesota, United States.
May 1, 2021 · They were the brainchild of Lynn Everett Baker, Avery F. Crounse, and Alvin F. Tesch in 1946. The company’s original name was Mound Metalcraft (based in Mound, MN). They began making metal tie racks before Tesch tinkered with some old toy concepts left by the building’s previous tenants.
Sep 24, 2018 · In 1946, Mound Metalcraft was established in an old schoolhouse by Lynn Everett Baker, Avery F. Crounse, and Alvin F. Tesch. The company’s original endeavored to manufacture metal gardening tools. In 1947, they acquired the patents to several metal toys and decided to supplement their product line with these new acquisitions.
Oct 17, 2023 · The Tonka story began in 1947 in Mound, Minnesota when three founders — Lynn Everett Baker, Avery F. Crounse, and Alvin F. Tesch — established the Mound Metalcraft Company. Initially, they...
The duo brought on Alvin F. Tesch (1915-2000), a pressed metal craftsman, and the trio worked to produce tie racks, garden tools, and other pressed metalworks starting in 1946 under the name Mound Metalcraft.
