Tootsietoy

The first Tootsietoy was a limousine made about 1911 by the Dowst Brothers Company of Chicago. It was followed in 1914 by a toy Model T Ford. By 1926 about 50 million Tootsietoy Model Ts had been produced. The Tootsietoy name, inspired by founder Charles Dowst’s granddaughter, Tootsie, was not registered until 1924 and did […]