Erector Set Storage Box, 1933-1940

Artifact

Storage Box

Date Made

1933-1940

Creators

A.C. Gilbert Company 

Place of Creation

United States, Connecticut, New Haven 

Keywords

Toys (Recreational artifacts) 

Storage boxes 

Play (Recreation) 

Gilbert, A. C. (Alfred Carlton), 1884-1961 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2000.0.31.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Steel (Alloy)
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Red
Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3 in

Width: 12 in

Length: 20.25 in

Inscriptions

Box lid: ......ECTOR/....a test Toy" label inside of lid13 Mar 2013 First Set with the Whistle Hello boy... No. 8 1/2 .......RE...... The A.C. Gilbert Company New Haven, Conn., U.S.A.