Skil-Craft No. 506 Senior Chemistry Lab Case - e42092b62c9bd4c8d7c60ceead67793a (page 1)

Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late 1950s were girls considered an appropriate market.