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B+W photo of Frank Rizzuli performing measurement on a Nylint toy truck in U.S. Testing Co. lab, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1975-1980.

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Black-and-white photo of Frank Rizzuli performing measurement on a Nylint toy truck in United States Testing Co. laboratory, 1415 Park Ave., Hoboken. No date, circa 1970s. 8" x 10" wide print; documentation photograph taken by staff of the Photographic Department, but not so marked. Reverse has ballpoint ink note: Eng. [engineering] Donor Bill Willard (a long-time employee of the company) stated that the client was "Good Housekeeping", presumably the Good Housekeeping Research Institute associated with Good Housekeeping Magazine. Identification of Rizulli by Joseph Travelli, 2013. Rizzuli is using a micrometer to measure the guage (thickness) of the metal on the crane body. Next to him is a dumptruck. Both Nylint toys have stamped metal bodies with plastic wheels. Leaning against the wall are two plastic baby carriers. ---- Engineering Business & Commerce Toys Sciences Interiors

2013.042.0001

2013.042

Willard, Bill

Gift

Gift of Bill Willard in tribute to United States Testing Co., Hoboken.

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1970 - 1980

Hoboken

Date: 1970-1980

8 in

10 in

Good

Notes: United States Testing Co., Inc., 1415 Park Avenue, Hoboken. No longer in Hoboken. Building was erected in 1918. (Initially occupied by B.F. Goodrich Co.) U.S. Testing signed lease Feb. 1, 1926 for building and grounds; company left Hoboken ca. 2000, for Fairfield, N.J., and building was converted to a parking garage; demolished winter 2013. U.S. Testing was founded 1880 and located in New York City until it moved to Hoboken which became its new headquarters with several branches in other American cities. It became a subsidiary of SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance, a Geneva based company founded in 1878) in 1963 (SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc. filed as a Foreign for Profit Corporation on Wednesday, October 16, 1963 in the state of New Jersey.) In May 1996, the name was changed to SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc. Subsidiaries of U.S. Testing that were located at the Hoboken address: Nationwide Consumer Testing Institute (established circa 1963.) Research and Testing Co., Inc. Qualitest Inc. Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-06-27

U.S. Testing Co.: Nylint toys