Halsam

The toy company was founded in 1917 by Harold Elliot and Sam Goss, Jr. creating the company name by combining their first names Hal and Sam. It was a family business and the Halsam factory was located at 1417 Ravenswood, Chicago, Illinois and produced embossed wooden toys and games ,primarily alphabet blocks, checkers and domino sets. Halsam was also one of the very first toy companies to license Disney characters, such as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, for their toys. In 1962, Halsam was purchased by Playskool who later were acquired by Hasbro.