Cincinnati Toy heritage

Tuesday
Late morning, we drove downtown for our usual Music Live at lunch at Christ Church cathedral - a jazz trio today. Afterwards, we went mural hunting. I had made a list of about four murals in the downtown area I wanted to see, and noted their addresses. The one I chose for my blip represents Cincinnati’s toy heritage. Kenner Toys was founded in 1947, by brothers Albert, Phillip and Joseph L. Steiner. The company was named after the street where the original corporate offices were located, just north of Cincinnati Union Terminal. It was a pioneer in the use of television advertisement for the marketing of merchandise across the United States, beginning in 1958. After a series of mergers and take-overs, Kenner was purchased by the toy company Hasbro in mid-1991. Hasbro closed the Cincinnati offices of Kenner in 2000, and Kenner's product lines were merged into Hasbro's. Kenner produced numerous action figures, notable obtaining the rights to produce Star Wars action figures and playsets for the Star Wars trilogy from 1976 through 1985. Several of the things depicted in the mural had their place in our house when our children were going up, the Care bear depicted in the mural, the Spirograph drawing set and of course Playdough!
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