Daga Marbles zuwa Ra'ayoyin Yara da Ƙari
Duk da yake masu karɓar gilashi da yawa sun san da sunan Akro Agate, kamfanin ya fara ne a shekara ta 1910 yana yin marbles. An saka su a cikin kwalaye kuma suka sayi a Wagner-Marsh Shoe Store a Akron, Ohio, wani shagon da Gilbert C. Marsh yayi, daya daga cikin masu kafa kamfanin.
Marsh ya haɗu da Dokta George T. Rankin da Horace C. Hill, wani tsohon ma'aikacin Navarre Marbles, don hada haɗin gwalinsu da gwaninta.
Ƙungiyar ta gina kayan nasu don samar da marubuta na na'ura da kuma sanya shi sama da kantin takalman Marsh.
"Wani lokaci mun ci gaba da yin martaba har zuwa karfe daya ko biyu na safe. Mun sayar da '25' Glassies 'don rassa hamsin a ƙananan digiri. Daga bisani kuma kamfaninmu na marmara yayi kyau sosai mu koma cikin shagon masarufi a kan titin East Exchange, "Marsh ya bayyana a wata hira da aka ambata akan AkroAgate.com.
Akro Agate ya sanya sunansa a shekarar 1911. Bayan ci gaba da nasara, kamfanin ya koma Clarksburg, W.Va. a shekara ta 1914 inda kayan da ake buƙatar masu gilashi, da farko yashi da gas. An lasafta su a cikin littafin Saskorkoki na Clarksburg a matsayin masu sana'a na zinare, wasan kwaikwayo, da bukukuwa na gilashin da lithographers suka yi amfani da su a 1915, kamar yadda aka gani a kan AkroAgate.com.
Akro Agate's Marbles
Kamfanin ya ci gaba da tsaftace tsarin tafiyar da masana'antu da kuma inganta yadda ya dace a shekarun 1920 zuwa zama shugabannin duniya a samar da marble gilashi da tallace-tallace a wannan lokacin.
Sun kirkiro iri iri masu yawa a cikin shekarun da suka gabata yanzu masu karbar sun hada da kamfanoni, oxbloods, da kuma masu launin furanni tare da wasu wasu ciki har da "gilashin" da suka fara kasuwanci.
Akro, kamar yadda masu karɓan marmara suke ɗauka a kan kamfanin, an kuma san su don samar da yawancin "sarƙaƙƙiya" mai mahimmanci, irin nauyin gilashi mai mahimmanci tare da alamu mai launi.
Ƙididdigar launuka a cikin margalin marmara suna kama da wasu sassa na gilashi na kamfanin wanda ya canza siffofi daban-daban zuwa cikin shekarun 1930 da '40s.
Gilashin Baya Bayan Marbles
Kamar yadda gasar a cikin kasuwar marmara ya zama mai tsanani tare da Peltier Marbles da Master Marbles lashe lambar yabo ya dace da kamfani, Akro Agate ya shiga cikin yin wasu gilashin. Daga farkon shekarun 1930 suka yi aiki da dama a cikin kayan samar da su kuma sun fara yin wasu kananan kwantena irin su kwalba mai sanyi.
A lokacin da Westite, kamfanin gilashi a kusa da Weston, W.Va., aka rufe saboda wuta a 1936, Akro Agate ya sayi kayan "Garden Line" kamfanin. Wadannan sun hada da tukunyar fure-fure masu rarrabe, masu shuka da vases, kuma wasu sun sayar da kayan gyare-gyaren karfe don haka ana iya amfani da su azaman bango. Daga baya a cikin shekarun 1930, an yi iyakacin adadin kananan yara ba tare da samun nasara ba.
Ba har zuwa 1940 ba, cewa Akro Agate ya fara sayar da manyan masarautar Scotty Dog da Colonial Lady. A gaskiya ma, lokacin yakin duniya na biyu lokacin da ba a sayar da kayayyaki ba a farashi ba su da samuwa ga masu amfani da Amurka, kamfanonin yara na gilashin gilashi ya zama abin sha mai tsanani kuma suka sayar da briskly har 1946 lokacin da cinikin duniya ya sake komawa.
Da tallace-tallace da yawa a cikin shekarun da suka biyo bayan yakin duniya na biyu, Akro Agate ya daina samarwa a shekara ta 1949. Kamfanin ya sayar da takardun da ya rage a shekarar 1951, sannan ya rufe ƙofofi.
Masu tarawa a yau suna gane yawancin akro da aka yi da gilashin gilashi, irin kayan da aka yi amfani da su a cikin ma'aunin su. Wannan nauyin, gilashi mai ban sha'awa yana da ko dai farin ko cream swirls a ko'ina. Gilashin Slag aka samar da kamfanoni irin su Imperial, Westmoreland da Fenton .
Sauran Akro pieces, ciki har da jita-jita na yara, an yi su ne da gilashin launuka masu kama da wadanda aka yi amfani da su a cikin shekarun da ke cikin damuwa kamar su mai launin shuɗi ko launin kore. Akro ta yalwar yara, lokacin da ba a yi alama ba, yawanci ana nuna su ta hanyar siffofi waɗanda suke da tasiri na Art Deco tare da layi na geometric da kuma jigilar kayayyaki.
Kamfanin Crow ko Kro
Ɗaya daga cikin tashe-tashen hankula da akro alamar shine cewa an sau da yawa an sanya shi a cikin gilashi yana da wuya a yanke. Saboda wannan dalili ne sau da yawa kuskure kamar gaggafa ko wasu nau'in tsuntsu. A hakika, alamar Akro Agate tana wakiltar hanzari ne ta hanyar harafin "A" tare da marbles da aka gudanar a cikin taho da kuma baki. Alamar alama tana nufin tagline da kamfanin ke amfani da shi a kan rubutun marbinsa: "Tana da hankali kamar Kro Flies."
Ana samun wannan alamar akan manyan kayan gilashi da kuma jita-jita na yara fiye da marmara. Ana nuna alamar marubuta ne kawai a kan kwalaye na ainihi, ko da yake akwai sharuɗɗan jagorancin jagora don taimakawa masu tattarawa da masu sayarwa su gane siffofin marmara da launi na Akro.
Bugu da ƙari, suna ɗaukar logo na crow, ana nuna alamun gilashin da yawa sun nuna cewa an yi su ne a Amurka a cikin haruffan haruffa kuma wasu lokuta sukan haɗa da lambar ƙira. An fara samfurin farko a cikin shekarun 1930 lokacin da kamfanin ya fara fara gwaji fiye da kayan marmara.