A. C. Gilbert Chemstry Set
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content: Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961) was an athlete, inventor, and co-founder of the Mysto-Manufacturing Co, a firm that became the A. C. Gilbert Co. in 1916. The Erector Set, which Gilbert introduced in 1913, was amazingly successful. Chemistry sets followed soon thereafter. This set may date from the 1950s.
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content: Ref: “A. C. Gilbert Dead; Invented Erector Set,” <i>New York Times</i> (Jan. 25, 1961), pp. 1 and 33.
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content: Bruce Watson, <i>The Man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made</i> (New York, 2002).
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content: Rebecca Onion, <i>Innocent Experiments: Childhood and the Culture of Popular Science in the United States</i> (2016).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mae Deal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.3045.01.1
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content: 1994.3045
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content: 1994.3045.01.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chemistry Set Case
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 9 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 24.13 cm x 4.445 cm
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content: overall: 13 13/16 in x 9 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 35.08375 cm x 23.8125 cm x 4.445 cm