Tigrett Industries Toy Division
founded c. 1955
Tigrett Industries was founded by John Burton Tigrett, a Tennessee inventor and entrepreneur, in 1955. It was a development of his uncle's (Issac Burton Tigrett) business the Tigrett Toy Company.
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Nick Ravo, "John Tigrett, 85, entrepreneur and inventor in Tennessee," The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/27/business/john-tigrett-85-entrepreneur-and-inventor-in-tennessee.html (accessed 07/15/2015)
"Jackson - area history," Tennessee "The Great State,", http://tn-tgs.com/TN-West/cities-Towns/Jackson/main%20pages/history.htm (accessed 07/27/2015)