Junior Toy Company began in the 1920's
as the And-Way Stamping Company in Hammond, Indiana. During the
depression, the company focused its efforts solely on the production
of toys - most notably, velocipedes. The demand for these toys, even
in a time of economic collapse, was huge and allowed the company to
become one of Hammond's biggest industries. The success of the
company allowed them to quickly expand into a 24 hour operation.
The move to producing only toys doubled the company's sales
allowing the company to expand and change locations. In the process
the name of the company was changed to Junior Toy Company. Junior
produced each and every toy part inside their Hammond facility. The
demand for Junior velocipedes was so strong at Christmas time that
the company started producing for the holiday rush as early as July.
The company's streamline tricycles, such as the Sky King model, are
some of the most sought after tricycles today. Some of these early
tricycles from the 30's are valued at over $2000.
Early in 1951, Junior Toy was sold to the American Machine and
Foundry Company (AMF) in New York City. In this deal Junior Toy
Company merged with Cleveland Welding Company (producers of
Roadmaster bicycles) under the umbrella of AMF. After a few years,
the plant in Hammond was closed down completely. In 1993 Roadmaster
acquired Flexible Flyer and in 1997 Roadmaster was bought out by
Brunswick, and became part of the Brunswick Outdoor Recreation
Group. Roadmaster continues to produce tricycles today.
Notable Features:
Below are some different variations of headbadges used by Junior and
some copies of original advertisements and catalogs.
Headbadges without "AMF" are from 1950 or before.
1940's Headbadge
1940's Junior Headbadge
AMF Junior Headbadge probably
circa 1960's
AMF Junior Headbadge probably
1970's
1930's Sky King Catalog Page
1930's Model 412 Pedal Car
picture from catalog
1938 Junior Toy Company
Velocipedes catalog
1938 Sky Tot
1938 Sky Line Tricycles - some
of these tricycles had model names in certain years, and
other times they were just referred to by model number.
Junior produced a wide array of similar streamlined modern
tricycles under the Sky Line "model."
Tricycles
Photos & Info:
Junior Sky Tot
Restored Sky King
Restored Junior Sky Line
Sky Line tricycle - model
unknown
16" Sky King
1940's
Junior with batwing bars
Junior Pedal Car 412
Junior trike with batwing
handlebars
1950's Junior tricycle
1950's era Junior chain-driven
tricycle with front fender w/ wheel skirt
Sky King body
1950's era
Junior
Junior with batwing handlebars,
1930's.
Junior with batwing handlebars,
1930's.
Junior with batwing handlebars,
1930's.
1930's Junior Sky King
Mid-1930's Junior Sky Tot.
Basic Junior Toy Co. tricycle,
circa 1950.
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