MOUNDSVILLE -When visitors open the door to an unassuming building on a quiet street in Moundsville, they enter into an alternative universe, populated by an amazing array of toys from playtimes past ...
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — A local collector who turned his love of old toys into a popular museum will be featured in an upcoming episode of A&E’s “American Pickers.” Show co-hosts Mike Wolfe and ...
MARSHALL COUNTY, W. Va. — The Marx Toy Museum received a visit from Mike and Frank from the reality show "American Pickers" in May, and Monday night, the episode aired, marking a once-in-a-lifetime ...
Marx Toys became a staple of Erie manufacturing not long after its founding by Louis Marx in Brooklyn, New York, in 1919. Marx had worked for the Ferdinand J. Strauss Company, a toy manufacturer in ...
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - The Marx Toy Museum in Mounsville will soon be closing, and its toys will likely go to various museums throughout the country. The Intelligencer reports ...
This is the third in a three-part series about Marx Toys and the people who made them. Read Part 1: Marx Toys made in Erie were Christmas favorites for more than 50 yearsRead Part 2: The toymakers and ...