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Gilbert No. 1 Chemistry Outfit

  • 1954

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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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Science History Institute. Gilbert No. 1 Chemistry Outfit. Photograph, 2016. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/st74cq662.

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