Irving Lanouette Price (September 21, 1884 – November 23, 1976) was an American toy manufacturer. Price was born in

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in 1884 had a successful career as an executive with Woolworth, retired at an early age and was elected Mayor of

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. He was the co-founder and co-

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of Fisher-Price Toys in 1930. On 23 February 1909, he married the children's book illustrator and artist

Margaret Evans Price Margaret Evans Price (March 20, 1888 – November 20, 1973) was a U.S. toy manufacturer. With her husband, Irving Price, and Herman Fisher, she co-founded Fisher-Price Toys in 1930. Margaret Evans was a children's book illustrator and artist. ...

(1888-1973). Margaret was a member of the wealthy Evans family of New York who for a time had an effective monopoly on the

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industry in that city. In 2014, debates flared on whether his former home in East Aurora should be demolished or preserved for local historical purposes. The owner of the house wants to knock it down to make room for a parking lot.

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1884 births 1976 deaths Fisher-Price Businesspeople from Worcester, Massachusetts People from East Aurora, New York 20th-century American businesspeople {{Toy-stub