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 ...

NEW HAVEN - Long before LEGOS appeared on the scene, kids used their imaginations building their elaborate creations with A.C. Gilbert's Erector Sets. The sets used metal beams and nuts and bolts to ...