• A drawing of a man with a child on his lap, with two children playing in the foreground. Models of an airplane and ferris wheel are also in the room. "The Erector" is written across the top.
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    Front cover of the manual for the 1913 Mysto Manufacturing Company "The Erector" set produced by A. C. Gilbert, New Haven, Connecticut. It reads: "The Erector: Structural Steel & Electro Mechanical Builder; Educational, Instructive, and Amusing." 

  • A drawing of a man with a child on his lap, with two children playing in the foreground. Models of an airplane and ferris wheel are also in the room. "The Erector" is written across the top.

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