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Saul Robbins
Saul Robbins (February 16, 1922 – June 13, 2010) was an American toy manufacturer, the co-founder of Remco, with his cousin Isaac Heller. Personal life Saul Robbins was born on February 16, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University. Robbins served in the US Army in the Second World War. Career In 1949, he co-founded the toy company Remco in Newark, New Jersey, with his cousin Isaac Heller. The name was a contraction of "REMote COntrol", and its first products were children's walkie-talkies. Heller had been a U.S. Navy electronics technician, and they started by buying large amounts of military surplus and "transforming it into toys that could zoom, soar or otherwise move." Until the 1960s, they only made toys for boys, and they were the first toy company to use television advertising. Their toys included the Whirlybird helicopter, the Barracuda atomic submarine, the Johnny Reb cannon, the Dick Tracy wrist radio, the Screaming Mee Mee-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verona, New Jersey
Verona is a Township (New Jersey), township in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 14,572, an increase of 1,240 (+9.3%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 13,332, which in turn reflected a decline of 201 (−1.5%) from the 13,533 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. History Verona and several neighboring towns were all originally one consolidated area known as the Horseneck Tract. 18th century In 1702, a group of settlers left Newark, New Jersey, Newark and purchased a large tract of land northwest of their home city for the equivalent of a few hundred dollars from the Lenape Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans. This piece of land extended west and north to the Passaic River, south to the town center of what would become Livingston, New Jersey, Livingston, and east to the Watchung Mountains, First Watchung Mountain, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
