Tonka has produced a variety of toys, including dolls ( Star Fairies, Bathing Beauties, Maple Town, and Hollywoods). In 1964, Tonka acquired the Mell Manufacturing Company in Chicago, Illinois, allowing it to produce barbecue grills, eventually under the Tonka Firebowl label. The logo at this time was an oval, showing the Tonka Toys name in red above waves, honoring nearby Lake Minnetonka. : 14 In November, 1955, Mound Metalcraft changed its name to Tonka Toys Incorporated. The logo used the Dakota Sioux word tanka, which means "great" or "big". Olson, who later became the company's chief industrial engineer. The logo was based on a University of Minnesota drafting student's sketch by Donald B.
Īfter some modifications to the design by Alvin Tesch and the addition of a new logo created by Erling Eklof, the company began selling metal toys, which soon became the primary business. The three men at Mound Metalcraft thought they might make a good sideline to their other products. Streater was not interested in the toy business so they approached Mound Metalcraft. Their building's former occupant, the Streater Company, had made and patented several toys. Their original intent was to manufacture garden implements. Mound Metalcraft was created in 1946 in Mound, Minnesota, by Lynn Everett Baker (1898–1964), Avery F.
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