A.C. Gilbert

[Tin Falcon]

A.C. Gilbert may or may not have meaning to you by mere mention of his name . and again the A.C. Gilbert toy company. now if I mention Erector set that likely rings some bells. A.C. Gilbert invented the erector set. He was well known in his time for educational fun.

For those of you near Salem Oregon you can visit the A.C. Gilbert Discovery villiage http://acgilbert.org/About%20Us.html

He is also known as "the man who saved Christmas" movie info here
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339343/ as he help stop the ban on toy production during WW1 .

If you live in or near Salem OR . and visit or have visted the discovery village please tell us about it.

I stumbled across a copy of the many who saved Christmas and plan on watching it soon.
Tin

 

[sunworksco]

Good Christmas movie.
I would love to have the Erector Set large-scale train set.
Also the White trucks.

 

[Tin Falcon]

Another link

http://www.acghs.org/gilbert/gilbert.html

Tin

 

[starnovice]

Tin,
This is just down the street from me (Portland area) I will try to get there with my grandson over the Xmas break and post pictures.

Pat

 

[Tin Falcon]

Great hope you both enjoy the visit and the memories.
Tin