LEGO Building Set, 1966
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Artifact Overview
Carpenter-turned-toymaker Ole Kirk Christianson created his first interlocking "Automatic Binding Bricks" in 1949. Highly popular in Europe by the late 1950s, the renamed "Lego" bricks were first introduced in the United States in 1961. Lego comes from the Danish words "leg godt," which mean "play well."
Artifact Details
Artifact
Building blocks
Date Made
1966
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made for LEGO koncernen (LEGO Group) of Denmark; distributed by Samsonite Corporation of Denver, Colorado.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2000.87.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Cardboard
Dimensions
Height: 2.0 in (Packaging)
Width: 8.0 in (Packaging)
Length: 12.0 in (Packaging)
Inscriptions
embossed on toy pieces:
LEGO
on packaging:
AGES -3 TO 8 / LEGO / BUILDING TOY / A QUALITY PRODUCT OF SAMSONITE CORPORATION / LICENSED UNDER ONE OR MORE OF U.S. PATENTS: 3,005,282 3,034,254 / 205 PIECE SET
LEGO / BUILDING TOY / AGES - 3 TO 8 / BUILDING POSSIBILITIES GROW AS YOUR LEGO COLLECTION GROWS. / NO. 205
on box bottom:
LEGO / BUILDING TOY / NO. 205 / FUN -- CREATIVE -- EDUCATIONAL
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