Bruce Watson on A.C. Gilbert and Erector Sets

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Bruce Watson is the author of “The Man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made: The Life and Times of A.C. Gilbert, the Man Who Saved Christmas.”  He tells Steve Paulson why Erector Sets were so huge. They reflected the spirit of America’s Industrial Age, and Gilbert marketed them directly to boys.