Manoil Manufacturing Co.

Manoil Manufacturing Company was an American metal and plastic toy company that began production in 1935 or 1936, and left the business in 1959.[1] From June 1940 they were located on Providence Street, in Waverly, NY (Tioga County). Its prominence was from 1937-1941 when it produced hollowcast toy soldiers (sometimes called dimestore soldiers) along with toy airplanes and cars.

Maurice Manoil (4 December 1896-15 September 1974) and his brother Jack (29 January 1902-1 September 1955) produced a variety of items from 1927 until they began making toys in 1934[2] in their Manhattan factory.[1] After producing die-cast toy cars, Manoil began to produce toy soldiers in 1935. They were sculpted by Walter Baetz.

The company ceased trading in 1959.[1]

References
  • Pielin, Don, Joplin, Norman and Johnson, Verne American Dimestore Toy Soldiers and Figures 2001 Schiffer Books

Old Manoil figures

Notes
  1. "Manoil Toy Soldiers | Timeless Toys". Retrieved 2020-09-08. |first= missing |last= (help)
  2. p.122 O'Brien, Richard Collecting American Made Toy Soldiers Edition No. 3 1997 Books Americana



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