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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Alfred Carlton Gilbert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alfred Carlton Gilbert (February 13, 1884 _ January 24, 1961), was an American inventor, athlete, toymaker and businessman.
		Gilbert financed his education at Yale by working as a magician, earning a degree in sports medicine.
		Gilbert is also credited with originating the concept of providing benefits for his employees, co-founded the Toy Manufacturers of America organization and was its first president.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alfred-Carlton-Gilbert (525 words)

	Salem (Oregon) Online History - A.C. Gilbert
		Alfred Carlton Gilbert was born in Salem in 1884 at 700 Marion Street, the present site of the Congregational Church.
		Gilbert died in 1961, but his memory is very much alive and his unique concept of play as education is one that is universally accepted today.
		The A. Gilbert Discovery Village, a popular attraction to youngsters in his hometown as well as to tourists from around the world, is a lively monument to his creative genius.
	www.salemhistory.net /people/ac_gilbert.htm (825 words)

	Alfred Carlton Gilbert -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		An accomplished athlete, he broke the world record for consecutive chinups (39) in 1900, distance record for running long dive in 1902, and height in the (A competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole) pole vault.
		He also added (The science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions) chemistry sets, (Magnifier of the image of small objects) microscope sets, and other educational toys to his product line, accumulating more than 150 patents during his 50-year career.
		Gilbert is also credited with originating the concept of providing (Click link for more info and facts about benefits for his employees) benefits for his employees, co-founded the Toy Manufacturers of America organization and was its first president.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alfred_carlton_gilbert.htm (464 words)

	Salem (Oregon) Online History - Gilbert House
		Gilbert, for whom the house was built, was senior partner with his brother Frank in the Salem banking house of Gilbert Brothers, 1879-1901.
		Gilbert has a distinguished nephew, the son of his brother and partner Frank Alfred Carlton Gilbert, founder of the A. Gilbert Co., world renowned toy manufacturer and inventor of the Erector set, a metal construction toy.
		Gilbert’s Discovery Village acquired the Gilbert House through a no-cost lease and restored it with grants from the Meyer Memorial Trust and the community.
	www.salemhistory.net /places/gilbert_house.htm (544 words)

	Gilbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gilbert is an alias used by the sentient dream-location Fiddler's Green in the comic Sandman by Neil Gaiman.
		Gilbert Islands, chain of atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean
		USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107), escort aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy during World War II This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gilbert (458 words)

	info: Alfred_Carlton_Gilbert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gilbert Family Photos - A.C. GilbertAlfred Carlton Gilbert was born Feb. 13, 1884, at Salem, Oregon; married Sept. 19, 1908, at Seattle, Wash. to Mary Thompson; died January 24, 1961, at New Haven, Conn.
		Gilbert HistoryAlfred Carlton Gilbert, (February 13, 1884 - January 24, 1961) was an inventor, athlete, toy maker, outdoorsman and businessman.
		Alfred Carlton Gilbert was possibly the most talented man of the 20th Century.
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Alfred_Carlton_Gilbert.html (766 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive
		Gilbert (1884-1962) was one of the most multi-talented inventors of all time.
		Alfred Carlton Gilbert was born in Salem, Oregon in 1884.
		Gilbert began selling the "Mysto Erector Structural Steel Builder" in 1913, backed by the first major American ad campaign for a toy.
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/gilbert.html (373 words)

	WDRCOBG.COM: A.C. Gilbert (1/3/07)
		Ironically, Gilbert and Doolittle were contemporaries; Gilbert was born in Oregon in 1884, Doolittle in Connecticut in 1893.
		Gilbert was reportedly inspired by the steel girders he saw when he rode the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
		Gilbert himself did a sports review which was the first such program on radio and also interviewed sports personalities of the day." To be accurate, the call letters WCJ weren't assigned until October 1921.
	www.wdrcobg.com /acgilbert1.html (764 words)

	Alfred_Carlton_Gilbert - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		Alfred Carlton Gilbert (February 13, 1884 - January 24, 1961) was an American inventor, athlete, toy-maker and businessman.
		Born in Salem, Oregon and died in Boston, Massachusetts, Gilbert is best known as the inventor of the Erector Set.
		A museum in Gilbert's birthplace of Salem, Oregon, A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village, is named in his honor.
	www.thewordbook.com /Alfred_Carlton_Gilbert (510 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A.C. Alfred Carlton Gilbert was responsible for revolutionizing the educational toy industry.
		A.C. Gilbert, as he was known, was a true modern renaissance man. He was a athlete, a doctor although he never practiced and a capatalist.
		Gilbert would expand on his idea by inventing curved girders and a motor to add to the appeal of the toy.
	www.otal.umd.edu /~vg/amst205.F96/vj52/project3-1.html (594 words)

	Building Excitement: A Century of Construction Toys
		Gilbert's Erector sets and Frank Hornby's Meccano sets were designed to teach the principles of mechanics and physics at a time in American history when most adults had faith in a world of endless technological progress.
		Gilbert nurtured his market by sponsoring contests for the most imaginative designs and by including lavishly illustrated and detailed manuals with his Erector construction sets.
		Gilbert himself retired in 1956 and died in 1962.
	www.moah.org /exhibits/archives/buildex.html (4098 words)

	Oregon Blue Book: Notables- A.C. Gilbert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alfred Carlton Gilbert was born on February 15, 1884 in Salem, Oregon.
		Despite his athletic successes and his medical degree, Gilbert focused on manufacturing magic sets after he and a partner formed the Mysto-Manufacturing Company based in New Haven, Connecticut in 1909.
		Gilbert also developed chemistry sets, microscope sets, and several other educational toys.
	www.sos.state.or.us /bbook/notable/notgilbert.htm (394 words)

	Oregon Blue Book: Notable Oregonians: A.C. Gilbert - Inventor, Toy Maker
		Alfred Carlton Gilbert was born on February 15, 1884 in Salem, Oregon.
		Despite his athletic successes and his medical degree, Gilbert focused on manufacturing magic sets after he and a partner formed the Mysto-Manufacturing Company based in New Haven, Connecticut in 1909.
		By 1915 the new A.C. Gilbert Company was producing the girder-based erector sets, which soon became very popular.
	bluebook.state.or.us /notable/notgilbert.htm (427 words)

	A. C. Gilbert
		Gilbert put into hands of children the spirit of that era.
		Gilbert captured the hearts and minds of American children.
		Gilbert invented access to science just as science began to transform our society.
	www.eliwhitney.org /gil/overview.htm (376 words)

	NewsScan Publishing Inc. - NewsScan Daily Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Introduced at the 1913 Toy Fair in New York City, Gilbert's Erector Set was the first construction toy to include girder-like parts that replicated structural elements in actual use by builders.
		When he died in 1962, A. Gilbert had acquired 150 patents for the inventions that went into his products, which should be described more as learning tools than just "toys." Gilbert always intended his products to improve the minds of the children that found them fun to play with.
		Gilbert was born in Salem, Oregon in 1884.
	www.newsscan.com /cgi-bin/findit_view?table=honorary_subscriber&id=775 (543 words)

	Inventor A. C. Gilbert
		Gilbert, was one of the most multi-talented inventors of all time.
		A.C. Gilbert was a native Oregonian who was born in Salem and was the famous inventor of Erector Sets and Gilbert Chemistry Sets.
		Gilbert was the first president of the Toy Manufacturers Association (TMA), an association that hosts the largest toy fair in the world.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventors/gilbert.htm (997 words)

	A.C. Gilbert and The Power of Play
		A.C. Gilbert was born in Salem, Oregon, in 1884.
		Gilbert’s first Erector Sets hit the market in 1913, and for the next four decades he continued to invent and reinvent them.
		A.C. Gilbert left behind a rich legacy that includes a colorful and accomplished life story as well as a passion for the educational value of play.
	www.discoverthis.com /article-ac-gilbert.html (1456 words)

	Alfred Carlton Gilbert - Gurupedia
		An accomplished athlete, he broke the world record for consecutive chinups (39) in 1900, distance record for running long dive in 1902, and height in the
		1941 Gilbert opened the Gilbert Hall of Science in New York City, an early science and technology museum.
		1961, the family sold its remaining shares in the A. Gilbert Company.
	www.gurupedia.com /a/al/alfred_carlton_gilbert.htm (358 words)

	VIA Online: Toy Hall of Fame
		Housed in the 9-year-old A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village, a children’s museum on the shady banks of the Willamette River, the hall was the brainchild of former executive director Ed Sobey as a way to acknowledge toys as learning tools.
		This would be just fine with Alfred Carlton Gilbert, the museum’s namesake and inspiration.
		Gilbert, who grew up in Salem, won the pole vaulting gold medal at the 1908 Olympics, and graduated from Yale medical school.
	www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/toys99.asp (899 words)

	Amazon.com: The Man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made : The Life and Times of A. C. Gilbert, the Man Who Saved ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Adults who'd been "Gilbert boys" in their youth used Erector to create such things as the first heart-bypass machine with sets they'd hung onto from their childhoods.
		Gilbert himself was a "wide-awake" all American boy in the 1880s and '90s who showed his friends how to have a good time.
		It is no exaggeration to credit Gilbert with creating the modern toy industry (he founded its trade organization and at his peak was the wealthiest toy manufacturer in the country).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0142003530?v=glance (1293 words)

	JS Online: History in motion: Museum displays Erector Sets
		Alfred Carlton Gilbert was born in Salem, Ore., in 1884, and by his death in 1961 was credited with more than 150 patents.
		Gilbert used the premise of career building in 1918 when he approached the Pentagon during World War I. Many industries at the time had workers and resources diverted to the war effort.
		Gilbert also brought along a large selection of Erector Sets for members of the Council of National Defense to play with.
	www.jsonline.com /news/racine/nov04/274608.asp (978 words)

	Google Earth Community: The amazing life of AC Gilbert
		There was a 2002 TV movie about Gilbert, "The Man Who Saved Christmas", but short and rotund Jason Alexander portraying the tall and athletic Gilbert was only one way it stretched the imagination.
		Gilbert put enormous toil into everything he did, and at the end of his life held 150 patents, but as wealthy as he became, he wasn't a money-oriented man. He had a motto of sorts: "Never work at anything that isn't fun."
		AC Gilbert's Discovery Village in Salem is the highlight at ACGilbert.org.
	bbs.keyhole.com /ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/417002/an/page/page/0/vc/1 (256 words)

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		This first model fan by the Gilbert Company was a Type E and is still a plug-in type fan with no switch.
		The next series fan introduced by Gilbert would be the Type G, which now sports a brass blade and is sometimes found with a smooth cast iron base, and other times found with an ornate "ridged” cast iron base.
		Gilbert went on to produce many fans through the 30s and 40s, some being very deco and stylish.
	darryl.hudson.home.mindspring.com /FunFanFacts.doc (9444 words)

	Jay Miller- Erector Sets Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gilbert was the son of fairly well-to-do parents.
		The Gilbert company produced not only Erector sets, but a complete line of chemistry and scientific sets as well as his American Flyer line of model trains.
		After the elder Gilbert's death in 1956, the company tried to keep pace with changing times but even with space age additions to the product line, could not compete with television, the Beatles and the transistor.
	www.kk5im.com /erector.html (405 words)

	Alfred Carlton Gilbert Details, Meaning Alfred Carlton Gilbert Article and Explanation Guide
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	Desi Hot OR Hot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gilbert financed his education at Yale University by working as a magician, earning a degree in sports medicine.
		The press gave him the nickname "The man who saved Christmas."
		Gilbert is also credited with originating the concept of providing benefits for his employees, co-founded the Toy Manufacturers of America organization and was its first president.
	www.desihotornot.com /encyclopedia/index.php?title=Alfred_Carlton_Gilbert (409 words)

	Yesterday's Toy Becomes Tomorrow's Trade
		Born in Salem, OR, Gilbert was a talented athlete from an early age, excelling in gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, football, and especially track and field.
		Gilbert practiced and perfected tricks at every opportunity, earning as much as $100 a night performing shows as “Gilbert the Great”, while a medical student at Yale.
		In his autobiography, Gilbert recalled: “the most important of these was our chemistry set, which has throughout the years been one of our best items.
	pubs.acs.org /hotartcl/tcaw/00/sep/schmidt.html (2058 words)

	Yale Medical School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alfred Carlton Gilbert, or A.C. Gilbert, won the Gold Medal in Pole Vaulting at the 1908 Olympic Games in London.
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		A look at A.C. (Alfred Carlton) Gilbert, the 1908 Olympic gold medal winner in the pole vault and toy-maker extraordinaire.
	www.mymcatspace.com /directory/yale-medical-school.html (252 words)

	Alfred Carlton Gilbert Information
		Alfred Carlton Gilbert (February 13, 1884 – January 24, 1961) was an American inventor, athlete, toy-maker and businessman.
		An accomplished athlete, he broke the world record for consecutive chin-ups (39) in 1900, distance record for running long dive in 1902, and height in the pole vault.
		View a list of authors or edit this article.
	www.bookrags.com /Alfred_Carlton_Gilbert (383 words)

	Physics and Astronomy Forums - Toys, Physics, Principles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gilbert started in 1909 with the Mysto Manufacturing Co. and his magic sets; erector sets in 1913; chemistry sets in 1922; microscope sets in 1935; S gauge model trains [American Flyer Manufacturing Co.] in 1946; atomic energy sets in 1951.
		The company is gone now, but the baton of the concepts of these items continues by many companies and oddly enough all of these products are highly collectible and quite valuable.
		The "Chemcraft" sets were well designed and like the A. Gilbert chemistry sets they are highly prized and valuable.
	www.physlink.com /Community/Forums/printthread.cfm?Forum=17&Topic=2046 (2886 words)

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