Gilbert Erector skyscraper set [toy] : architectural construction : a complete building outfit. [1935]

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A.C. Gilbert Company. Gilbert Erector skyscraper set [toy] : architectural construction : a complete building outfit.

Gilbert Erector skyscraper set [toy] : architectural construction : a complete building outfit. [1935]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78278960

A rare Erector set due to its short production run (1 year only). The depression years provided an opportunity for American toy manufacturers to buy and use high quality materials, rather than the automobile and lumber scrap formerly used in the manufacture of toys, and to employ as well skilled labour culled from other industries. (Cf. A. Fraser. A history of toys. London, 1972)

1 building set : steel and colour-printed cardboard ; various sizes in box 25 x 46 x 4 cm. + 1 instruction manual ([22] p. : chiefly ill. ; 17 x 28 cm.)

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