Tonka is a toy company most known for its signature toy trucks and construction equipment. On September 19th, 1946 Mound Metalcraft was created in Mound, Minnesota with three men as partners, Lynn E. Baker, Avery F. Crounse, and Alvin F. Tesch. The first products produced by the fledgling company were two versions of a metal tie-rack. Their original intent was to manufacture garden implements. However when their building's former occupants, the Streater Company, attempted to market two metal toys and failed, the three men at Mound Metalcraft thought they might make a good side line to their other products. After some modifications to the design by Alvin Tesch and the addition of a new logo created by Erling Eklof with the Dakota-Sioux word "Tonka", which means "Great" or "Big", the company began selling metal toys. This soon became the primary business.Tonka by Dennis David and Lloyd Laumann On November 23rd, 1955, Mound Metalcraft cha

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