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Hasbro, Inc. ( / ˈhæzbroʊ /; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment holding company founded on December 6, 1923 by Henry, Hillel and Herman Hassenfeld and is incorporated and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. [5]
- Hasbro originally made school supplies. The Hassenfeld brothers didn’t have any aspirations in the toy business when they started what would become Hasbro.
- Hasbro’s Flubber gave kids rashes. Plastic helped revolutionize the toy industry, but it wasn’t always a benefit. While Hasbro avoided food waste and spoilage by moving from actual potatoes to plastic tubers for Mr. Potato Head, they had trouble with Flubber.
- Hasbro popularized the phrase action figure. In order to market the 1964 debut of their fearless fighting team G.I. Joe, Hasbro had to find a way to appeal to boys whom they imagined might be fretful over the concept of going to war with “dolls.”
- Hasbro sold cookware. Although their only affiliation with cooking amounted to selling the Easy-Bake Oven, the company offered a line of cookware—pots, pans, and utensils—endorsed by popular television chef Graham Kerr of The Galloping Gourmet in the early 1970s.
Stephen's grandfather, Henry Hassenfeld, was a Jewish immigrant from Poland who, with his brother Helal, founded a textile company that sold remnants called Hassenfeld Brothers. The brothers would move on to sell pencil boxes, school supplies, and later, toys.
Apr 1, 1990 · The founders, Henry and Hillel Hassenfeld, were Polish immigrants whose Hassenfeld Brothers Inc. evolved from the rag business in Pawtucket, R.I., to cloth-covered pencil boxes and from there into pencils and school supplies.
- Dan Rottenberg
Hasbro traces its origin to an enterprise founded in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1923 by Henry, Hilal, and Herman Hassenfeld, brothers who had emigrated to the United States from Poland. The Hassenfeld brothers engaged in the textile remnant business, selling cloth leftovers.
Henry Hassenfeld took control of the new company as Hillel had left to pursue another textile venture. Henry was known to be a tough and shrewd businessman as well as a paternalistic employer. Under his leadership, the company prospered.
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One hundred years ago, three Polish emigrants, brothers Henry, Hilal and Herman Hassenfeld, began selling cloth remnants used for pencil box covers and pouches for school supplies. After incorporating their business as Hassenfeld Brothers in 1926, the company made pencils and pencil cases.
