Editing Gene Autry (section)

=== Toys ===
In 1937, Kenton Hardware Company of [[Kenton, Ohio]], began producing Gene Autry cast-iron [[cap gun]]s as a part of its line of iron toys. The toy was commissioned by Kenton vice-president Willard Bixler, who had conceptualized an iron cap revolver modeled after the pearl-handled gun used by Gene Autry. Selling at 50 cents per gun, the cap pistols were extremely popular and by 1939, two million units of the toy had been sold in the [[United States]] and abroad. Autry received a portion of all sales revenues.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GeneAutry.com: Kenton, Ohio|url=https://www.geneautry.com/clubhouse/places/kenton_oh.html|access-date=December 31, 2020|website=Geneautry.com|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130041529/https://www.geneautry.com/clubhouse/places/kenton_oh.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosen |first1=Steven |title=Autry spurs festival |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/194127023/ |access-date=September 6, 2023 |work=Newspapers.com |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=June 30, 2009 |page=D3 |language=en}}</ref>