Introduced in 1913 by A.C. Gilbert, Erector sets allowed children to build working models of everything from bridges to locomotives using metal beams, gears, and motors. Dubbed "the toy that builds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A.C. Gilbert, born and raised in Salem, invented the Erector Set. Here he is surrounded by examples of the construction toy. A.C.

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 ...

Jul. 17—LEWISBURG — Kids and kids-at-heart came out to the Miller Center on Saturday to celebrate the fun of yesteryear. The A.C. Gilbert Heritage Society's 2022 National Convention was held on ...

9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Free. Atlanta Marriott Northwest, 200 Interstate North Parkway SE, Atlanta. www.acghs.org. At 60, Calhoun attorney Randy Sauder feels like a kid again when he builds things out ...

It's the Mount Everest of boys' Christmas presents. The top toy, bar-none, on little Frankie Sargent's wish list. The be-all, the end-all, the Holy Grail of .... well, let's just say it's the Climax ...

9 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 1", 13 1/4" x 22 1/4" x 3", ...

As actors prepare to bring new life to a famed New Haven toy inventor’s former factory floor, they feel the mythical man’s presence, watching over their shoulders. That man is the late, great Alfred ...

A.C. Gilbert is a legend in these parts, born and raised in Salem, where he developed a passion for competition and innovation and launched his first business enterprise. He is most famous for winning ...