Boys — and some girls — have been building like crazy since A.C. Gilbert developed Erector sets in 1913. A peak period of construction was in the 1940s. “Santaville Engineers Present ...” announced a ...
Introduced nearly a century ago, the Erector set was the new toy for a new age. Initially packed in sturdy red wooden boxes, Erector sets included tools, equipment (screws, nuts and bolts and steel ...
THE MAN WHO CHANGED HOW BOYS AND TOYS WERE MADE By Bruce Watson Viking. 216 pp. $24.95 The title of Bruce Watson's strange little biography of Alfred C. Gilbert may seem hyperbolic, but it is entirely ...
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