The flagship Ant Farm® brand ant habitat, was first
introduced in 1956.

Milton Martin Levine (November 3, 1913 – January 16, 2011)
was the co-founder of Uncle Milton Toys.

On March 9, 1959, the first Barbie doll went on display at the
American Toy Fair in New York City.

Eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, Barbie was
the first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult
features. The woman behind Barbie was Ruth Handler, who
co-founded Mattel, Inc. with her husband (below) in 1945. 
        
        
        
        
        
       

Elliott and Ruth Handler

Mattel’s headquarters and factory near LAX in 1956.

According to the National Parks Service, named after President
Theodore Roosevelt, the stuffed bear was first sold by Morris 
Michtom, a Brooklyn, New York, resident who owned a candy 
shop.

Michtom’s wife, Rose, who made stuffed animal toys, actually
created the first teddy bears. 

             (1866 – 1938)

Rose Michtom

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)

(FOX NEWS) – The oldest toy store in San Francisco announced
this week that it is shutting down due to the rampant crime and
violence in the city’s streets, and because of inflation.

Jeffrey’s Toys, the downtown San Francisco toy store that
inspired Pixar’s classic "Toy Story," announced on Friday
that it will be closing permanently at the end of February.

1995

Battery-operated Toy car, Dick Tracy Squad Car No.1, c.1949,
by Marx Toys.

Dick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally
Plainclothes Tracya tough and intelligent police detective
created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday,
October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror, and was distributed
by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate.