Title & Author:

Bilt-E-Z "the boy builder". Set no. E.

Publication:

©1924 (Chicago : Scott Manufacturing Company, Inc.)

Description:

1 construction set (1093 pieces) : metal, some color ; various sizes in cardboard box 25 x 40 x 12 cm + 1 instruction booklet (22 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm) + 1 price list (1 sheet ; 14 cm) + 1 list of patents

Notes:
List of contents mounted on verso of lid.
Title from printed (colour photolithograph) label mounted on recto of lid.
"Patented December 14, 1920". Copyright, according to title label: S[cott] M[anufacturing] C[ompany] 1924.
Price as indicated on enclosed price list: $15.00; as shown in ms. on label at side of box: $14.49.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "L'architecture en jeux: jeux de construction du CCA = Buildings in boxes: architectural toys from the CCA", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 27, 1990-Mar. 31, 1991.

Summary:

Set comprises stamped, tabbed and painted metal fac̦ade pieces and tinplate floor sections, designed for building skyscrapers, with construction based on modular, structural bays, assembled by means of tabs and slots. In the accompanying manual the sets are referred to as "architectural outfits", and one of two mottoes appears at the foot of each page: The ideal toy for girl or boy, or, As the boy builds the toy the toy builds the boy.

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Subject:

Metal toys United States Specimens.
Toys United States Specimens.
Jouets en métal États-Unis Spécimens.
Jouets États-Unis Spécimens.
Metal toys.
Toys.
United States.

Form/genre:

Tab-and-slot assembly system toys.
Specimens.

Added entries:

Scott Manufacturing Co.

Holdings:

Location: Library main objects 61111
Call No.: TS2301.T7.M4 S363 1924
Status: Available