AKRO AGATE Oxblood hard to find vintage collectible antique marble

The Akro Agate Company of Akron, Ohio began its existence in 1910 as a retailer of toy marbles purchased wholesale from manufacturer, M.F. Christensen & Son Company also of Akron, Ohio.  Initially a partnership between two men, one a co~owner of a successful shoe store in Akron, the other an (ex) employee of M.F. Christensen, with a somewhat sordid past, the pair set a plan in motion to dominate the American toy marble market creating the entity, ‘Akro Agates’.  The first step in laying the foundation for the company was to register and officially trademark ‘The Akro Agate Company’ with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a supplier of games, toys and in particular, playing marbles.

The Akro Agate Company was officially born one hundred and thirteen years ago, the month of August, 1911.  The newly formed company continued retail operations, packaging and reselling glass marbles from an Akron, Ohio location until beginning manufacture of their own product four years later in a new home; Clarksburg, West Virginia.  The company remained headquartered in Akron, Ohio throughout its existence until manufacturing operations ceased in Clarksburg around 1950 and the doors closed for good on Tuesday, April 24, 1951 with a final on~site auction and sale.  

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