Tonka

The first Tonka toys were a steam shovel and a crane made by Mound Metalcraft in 1947 in the basement of a Minnesota schoolhouse. The company made 37,000 trucks that year. Soon it added semis, wreckers, dump trucks, fire trucks, and forklifts. Pick-up trucks were added in 1955, a Jeep in 1962, and a bright […]