Akro-Agate

Remember glass marbles? Chances are that you played with marbles made by the Akro-Agate Company, founded in 1911 in Akron, Ohio. At first the company distributed marbles made by other companies. In 1914 the firm moved to Clarksburg, West Virginia, where it began manufacturing glass marbles. Marbles were the factory’s only product until 1932, when […]