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 ...

WHAT: Most who grew up in the decades before the 1960s remember construction and science kits made by A.C. Gilbert. The company’s most successful product, the Erector Set, developed in the early 1900s ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884-1961) ...

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.