Ohio Art

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Ohio Art was started by Henry Simon Winzeler in 1908. They are best known for the Etch A Sketch, but started as a lithographed tin maker. During the 1950s they produced many farm playsets and made at least three different series of animals.

Farm Series One

The first series was in a flat style of hard plastic, produced from 1950-1952


Farm Series Two

The second series was made in a semi-hard plastic, then in hard styrene plastic, and later in soft plastic. They were in production from 1951 to 1974

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Farm Series Three

This series is larger and was made of rubbery vinyl from 1956 to 1967.

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Farm Series Four

In addition some larger sets had other animals of soft plastic, looking mostly like Marx copies. They were in production form about 1961 to 1969.

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Links

Ohio Art Company Site

Ohio Art on Toy Soldier HQ