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1903 Toys

Noticing a need for safe, quality, affordable wax crayons, the company produces the

first box of eight Crayola(r) crayons, selling for a nickel. The Crayola name, coined by Edwin Binney's wife Alice, comes from "craie," the French word for chalk, and "ola," from "oleaginous."

Crayola Crayons
   

2003 Toys

Chicken Dance Elmo

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