Upcoming Events
Please join us for the 2025 ACGHS Spring Midwest Regional Meet on Saturday, March 29, 2025 from 8:00a to 12:00 Noon at the Faith Community Center, 5572 Mercy Way, Lafayette, IN 47905 . We can start setting up at 8:00a. Read More …
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Need a New Home for Old Erector Sets?
by Tim Wilkin Are you looking for a new home for one or more old Erector Sets you no longer want? Here are some suggestions for donation of your Erector sets. If the set contains parts that are in good Read More …
Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1913-1932
Fourth Edition On October 2, 2023, the A. C. Gilbert Heritage Society released the fourth edition of Bill Bean’s Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1913-1932. Recent revisions include: Retrieve a listing of the revisions and corrections to the Fourth Edition Read More …
Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1933-1962
Third Edition The Third Edition to Bill Bean’s Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1933-1962 was released on April 23, 2023. Minor revisions to the text include: This guide is a comprehensive update to the 1998 edition of Greenberg’s Guide to Read More …
1939: A Snapshot of American Flyer
Above: Cover of the 1939 American Flyer catalog Although best remembered for the S gauge trains of the 1950s that it made as a division of the A. C. Gilbert Company, American Flyer was initially an independent company whose origins Read More …
Gilbert Hall of Science in Chicago
The A. C. Gilbert Company opened a Gilbert Hall of Science in Chicago, Illinois at the Congress Hotel in October 1953. These photographs, taken by the Chicago photography studio Du Bois, The Drake, are courtesy of Mark Castiglione, owner of Read More …