This is one of the key reasons why 1940-41 represents a significant dividing line when differentiating “antiques” from “collectibles” in the 1990s. As a result, household products and toys from the pre-war period are vastly different from the toys of the post-war period. Few new household or toy products were developed and manufactured during this period. Manufacturers across America produced war-related goods between 19. What happened to Sun Rubber was not unique. The plant operated 24 hours a day and employed about 900 workers. One casualty was toy production.ĭuring the war effort, the company made molded rubber goods (face blanks for high-altitude oxygen masks and respirators, corrugated rubber mask tubing, rubber bellows for testing the fitness of high-altitude oxygen masks, grommets for batteries and flashlight equipment, and pipeline gaskets), rubber bonded to metal (bullet-sealing cell fittings), self-sealing fuel cells for airplanes, and all-rubber athletic balls for troops in training camps and fighting zones. In 1942, Sun Rubber “went to war,” entering the battle of production waged by American industry. with its Sunruco products focused on three consumer areas: educational and recreational toys and playthings office specialties, and custom-molded rubber articles and surgical goods.
Now, the rest of the story.īefore 1941, the Sun Rubber Co. of Barberton, Ohio, from its founding in 1923 until the advent of World War II. In a previous column I covered the history of the Sun Rubber Co.
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