| LC control no. | n 90693134 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Hasbro, Inc. |
| Variant(s) | Hasbro, Incorporated Hasbro (Firm) |
| See also | Tinkertoy, Inc. Predecessor: Hasbro Bradley, Inc. |
| Other standard no. | 154150991 0000000107077906 Q501476 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Pawtucket (R.I.) |
| Field of activity | Toys Board games Mr. Potato Head (Trademark) G.I. Joe figures Monopoly (Game) Star Wars figures |
| Found in | Moody, C. G.I. Joe value guide, 1964-1978, c1989: title page (Hasbro, Inc.) page 10 (Hasbro Industries, Inc.; Hasbro) NUCMC data from Evanston Historical Society (Evanston, Ill.) for Toy Tinkers, Inc. records, 1916-1996 (Toy Tinkers of Evanston, Ill., founded in 1914; in 1924 reorganized as Toy Tinkers, Inc.; later renamed Tinkertoy, Inc.; after several ownerships and reorganizations became part of Hasbro, Inc., in 1986) Wikipedia website, viewed March 23, 2021: Hasbro page (Hasbro, Inc. (a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational conglomerate with toy, board game, and media assets, headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Hasbro owns the trademarks and products of Kenner, Parker Brothers, and Milton Bradley, among others; three Polish-Jewish brothers, Herman, Hillel, and Henry Hassenfeld founded Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1923, a company selling textile remnants; over the next two decades, the company expanded to produce pencil cases and school supplies; the company entered the plastics field during World War II to support its toy line; Hassenfeld Brothers' first toy hit was Mr. Potato Head, which the company purchased from George Lerner in 1952; Hassenfeld Brothers produced the G.I. Joe toy in 1964 which they termed an "action figure"; the company had previously sold toys under the Hasbro trade name, and it shortened its name to Hasbro Industries in 1968 and sold a minor stake in the corporation to the public; in 1984, Hasbro Industries acquired the Milton Bradley Company which transformed Hasbro into Hasbro Bradley; in 1985, the company changed its name again to just Hasbro, Inc.; in 2013, Hasbro renewed its deal to produce Marvel Comics and Star Wars toys through at least 2020) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro> |
| Associated language | eng |
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