Chemistry sets

Skil-Craft No. CA-5 Chemistry Lab Case

  • 1950 – 1959

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Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late 1950s were girls considered an appropriate market.

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  • 11.25 in. W x 13.5 in. L x 3.25 in. D
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Science History Institute. Skil-Craft No. CA-5 Chemistry Lab Case. Photograph, 2017. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/4t64gn48g.

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