Vintage Delphos Baby Rocker with Abacus / Beads toy

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Likely made in the 1950's
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Baby rocker antique / vintage wooden toy
The Delphos Bending Company was founded in 1900 by Louis Justus, the father of L.N. Justus. According to an article in the Delphos Herald newspaper dated October 1899, L. C. Justice, A. J. North, both of Bluffton, Indiana and E. G. Ungerer of Celina purchased a saw mill in the South end of Delphos, owned by E. E. Hooker. Justice and North had recently sold a hoop company in Bluffton, Indiana, known as the Bluffton Hoop Company. The new business was named The Delphos Hoop Company and they manufactured barrel hoops. In 1912 the name was changed to The Delphos Bending Company. The Company was owned by Mr. Charles Obermeyer and Mr. Louie Justus from the late 1940's until Mr. Obermeyer's death. In 1980 Orbritron Corporation bought the company and in 1993 the company closed their doors.
The company started making children's furniture in 1934. It’s growth was such that by 1951 it was the largest such company in the world.