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ESKA COMPANY. The Eska Company came about in late 1945 following a meeting of [[ERTL, Fred | ESKA COMPANY. The Eska Company came about in late 1945 following a meeting of [[ERTL, Fred|Fred ERTL]], Eldon "Bud Session, and Lavern D. Kasei. The name of the company was created from the first two letters of Session's and Kasei's last names. | ||
The three men planned to provide Ertl farm toys to companies with ordering company's original equipment manufacturer's logo. Under an agreement the three men reached, Ertl products were delivered to Eska which then shipped them. Another agreement was that Ertl made tractors and Eska would make implements, but not tractors. | The three men planned to provide Ertl farm toys to companies with ordering company's original equipment manufacturer's logo. Under an agreement the three men reached, Ertl products were delivered to Eska which then shipped them. Another agreement was that Ertl made tractors and Eska would make implements, but not tractors. | ||
Revision as of 21:14, 15 October 2013
ESKA COMPANY. The Eska Company came about in late 1945 following a meeting of Fred ERTL, Eldon "Bud Session, and Lavern D. Kasei. The name of the company was created from the first two letters of Session's and Kasei's last names.
The three men planned to provide Ertl farm toys to companies with ordering company's original equipment manufacturer's logo. Under an agreement the three men reached, Ertl products were delivered to Eska which then shipped them. Another agreement was that Ertl made tractors and Eska would make implements, but not tractors.
The agreement continued until 1948 when Eska began producing steel-stamped farm implements in its factor and 32nd and White. In 1950-51, Carter Tu-Scale took over the Eska manufacturing operation and moved it from Dubuque to Rockford, Illinois. The acquisition allowed Carter Tru-Scale to expand its farm toy production under the Carter Tru-Scale and Eska brands. When Ertl discontinued the production of large sand-cast riding, or pedal, tractors, Eska gained another product. Eska made several varieties of John Deere pedal tractors and trailers. In 1950 Eska also made cardboard farm buildings.
In 1960-61 Ertl obtained Eska's licensing right for Deere, International Harvester, Case, Oliver, and Allis Chalmers.
The Eska Company produced Sno-Flyrs, lawn mowers, snow plows, outboard motors, and garden tractors until it went our of business in 1986.
The 1948 Dubuque Classified Business Directory listed the corner of Jackson and E. 32nd.
In 1957 through 1967 the company was located at 100 West Second Street.
The 1970 through 1983 Dubuque City Directory listed The Eska Company Inc. at 2400 Kerper.
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Source:
Vossler, Bill. Toy Farm Tractors. Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press Inc. 1998, p. 114. Online: http://books.google.com/books?id=S5aozh-U90wC&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=Eska+%28Iowa%29&source=bl&ots=d_lczOEBlD&sig=I8Any2keSrGmzT9JqmrNjB4BzXs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F69dUv7fM-L0yQHa34CoBQ&ved=0CF0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Eska%20%28Iowa%29&f=false
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Source:
Directory of Dubuque Industries. Prepared by the Dubuque Industrial Bureau, 1967