Mary Meyer Stuffed Toys was founded by my Mother and Father in 1933. I joined the company full time in September1955 and I have many great memories of our early days.
During World War 2 Hans Meyer, my Dad, had a difficult time buying fabrics to make animals pin cushions and stuffed toys. Businesses that were working for the war effort had a priority to buy materials, which is the way it should be. Mary Meyer was not making anything for the war effort, so ...
My name is Walter Meyer and I have been writing about my experience working with my Mother, Mary Meyer and the stuffed toy business. During the 1930’s and early 1940’s Mary Meyer manufactured animal pin cushions and oil cloth covered stuffed toys.
The two products – animals pin cushion and oil cloth covered stuffed toys are very similar in design. The major difference is the outside covering of the animals. Pin cushions are made of cotton percale ...
My name is Walter Meyer and Mary Meyer was my Mother and I grew up in the stuffed toy business. Today Mary Meyer stuffed toys is located in Townshend, VT, where I live also.
Mary Meyer’s business began in New York City in 1933. In those days we were at 3 West 29th Street, on one of the upper floors, which was just off Fifth Ave. behind the Marble Collegiate Church.
In 1937 the family and business the moved to Cranford, NJ and in 1945 we moved to ...
