If you were a child of the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s (or perhaps even later if you had an older sibling) and are reading this, it’s likely that you owned or at least played with an A.C. Gilbert Erector Set.

As actors prepare to bring new life to a famed New Haven toy inventor’s former factory floor, they feel the mythical man’s presence, watching over their shoulders. That man is the late, great Alfred ...

Lots of people have stories about the childhood toy that got away. Mine involves wine, radiation, fire, and five-time Oscar-winner Francis Ford Coppola. The toy I missed out on is the Gilbert U-238 ...

One hundred holidays ago, a 29-year-old Connecticut man brought a product to market that would become an American icon and redefine the holiday season. As a train passenger, 1909 Yale graduate Alfred ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dubbed one of the "10 most dangerous toys of all time," a miniature atomic energy lab is said to have been a widely sought-after ...

Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the country. A.C. is startled to be summoned to the White House, where top officials ask him to convert ...

“The Man Who Lives in Paradise: The Autobiography of A.C. Gilbert” is now available as an e-book. Salem native Alfred Carlton Gilbert was best known for inventing the Erector Set and Gilbert Chemistry ...

Alfred Carlton Gilbert soared to his gold medal at the 1908 London Olympics in dramatic fashion. as "the greatest all around athlete ever produced in the Pacific Northwest." While enrolled at Yale, ...