Carette

Georges Carette & Co. toy history

French manufacturer of tin toys and magic lanterns. Carette learned the making of fancy toy magic lanterns through visiting the factory of August Lapierre.

With the help of a wealthy Bavarian hop merchant he founded his own toy company Georges Carette & Co in Nuremberg, Germany, were he was among the first to make electric toy tram-cars.

At the outbreak of World War I, the Frenchman Carette left Germany for Paris. His company was seized as alien property and ceased trading in 1917. (1886-1917).