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http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/588914/production
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http://collections.aucklandmuseum.com/ontology/core/productionPersonAssociation http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/588914/production/productionPersonAssociation/1
http://collections.aucklandmuseum.com/ontology/core/record_score 15
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P10_falls_within http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/588914/production/fallsWithinPeriod/1
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P32_used_general_technique die cast/casting
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P3_has_note In 1935 Jack Underwood began making lead toys, using imported moulds and a slush-moulding process, from the basement of his Karori home. In 1939 he set up as a manufacturer, and registered his Fun Ho! trademark (designed by Mervyn Taylor) in July 1940. By then he had one full-time and two part-time employees. The same year he purchased a small non-ferrous foundry in Newtown. Operating as Houghton’s Foundry Company Limited which also supplied components for firms involved in wartime production, and by 1941 had begun making cast-aluminium as well as lead toys. In 1945 Underwood established two firms in New Plymouth: the Fun Ho! Toy Company (registered in October 1945) - and US Metal Products (NZ) Limited. The latter firm manufactured prams, bassinets and tubular furniture; it was later called U-Met-Pro (NZ) Limited. In 1949 Underwood sold the New Plymouth properties and began operating from Inglewood. Before long Fun Ho! consolidated with a new company, the Underwood Engineering Company Limited. By 1970 Underwoods had a staff of 66 working at the factory. In January 1979 the firm purchased Tri-Ang Pedigree (NZ) Limited, of Auckland, enlarging the factory to accommodate the extra equipment. Jack Underwood, a foundation member of the toy manufacturers’ division of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federation, died in New Plymouth on 8 July 1979.
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P4_has_time_span http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/588914/production/timespan/1
http://erlangen-crm.org/current/P7_took_place_at http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/place/1540
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type http://erlangen-crm.org/current/E12_Production
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