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Porter Chemcraft Chemistry Outfit No. 0

  • 1930 – 1939

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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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  • 2.9 cm H x 26.0 cm W x 17.8 cm D
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  • (On left and right sides of cover) "CHEMCRAFT / CHEMISTRY OUTFIT No. 0"
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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Science History Institute. Porter Chemcraft Chemistry Outfit No. 0. Photograph, 2017. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/z890rt73q.

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