This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite stores that no longer exist.
Cobb Center was a shopping mall in Smyrna, Georgia, originally opened as the Cobb County Shopping Center on August 15, 1963, making it the second mall built in Georgia. Inside they had a rare, Milton Bradley retail store! During the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Milton Bradley was far more than a board game publisher,
They adopted the Dakota Sioux word “tanka,” meaning “great” or “big,”
Tonka, an iconic name in the toy industry, was established on September 19, 1946, in Mound, Minnesota. The company began as Mound Metalcraft, founded by Lynn Everett Baker, Avery F. Crounse, and Alvin F. Tesch. Initially, their focus was on producing gardening tools and metal tie racks. However, the acquisition of toy patents from the building’s previous occupant led them to venture into toy manufacturing.
Which toys would you have asked Santa for?
I was born in 1958 which made me 2 to 11 years old in the sixties, the perfect age for these Christmas toys. Many homes in America had a Sears catalog with pages that had been dog-eared in hopes of receiving a toy from that very page. Barbie was 1 year old in 1960 and all the girls wanted one. The Ken doll was released by Mattel in 1961.
