Manoil Manufacturing Company was an American metal and plastic toy company that began production in 1935 or 1936, and left the business in 1959. 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 A toy soldier is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier. The term applies to depictions of uniformed military personnel from all eras, and includes knights, cowboys, American Indians, pirates, samurai, and other subjects that involve c ...

(sometimes called

dimestore soldiers Dimestore soldiers are a name first given by collector and author Don Pielin to American made toy soldiers sold individually in five and dime stores from the 1930s to the 1950s before being replaced by plastic toy soldiers called army men. Though mo ...

) 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 1934p.122 O'Brien, Richard ''Collecting American Made Toy Soldiers Edition No. 3'' 1997 Books Americana in their Manhattan factory. 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.

References

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

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