History
Tootsietoy has its beginnings in the dual diecasting companies of the Dowst and the Shure Brothers who established diecasting businesses near the same time in the 1890s (Strombecker 2004). The Dowst brothers originally established a trade paper called the National Laundry Journal and later purchased a linotype machine to cast metal buttons and cuff links related to the laundry business (Strombecker 2012).
The Tootsietoy name has its origins in a range of miniature cars in the form of charms, pins, cuff links and the like, introduced circa 1901 by the Chicago based Cosmo Company owned by the Shure Bros. which bought Dowst in 1926. The name, however, remained Dowst Manufacturing Co. (see brochure in Seeley No Date). The first actual model car from the company was produced between 1909 and 1911. One was a closed limousine which was followed by a 1915 Ford Model T open tourer.
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