The "Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory" contains four real and radioactive uranium ores for kids to experiment with.

Some of us circled the toys and left the catalog open to strategic pages for all to see. Or tore out pages and added them to a list as a visual aid for Santa Claus. If times were tough, frugal ...

The 1950s were a time of relative peace and prosperity after World War II. New consumer products, such as foods, toys, and televisions, flooded into people’s homes.

However, by the 1950s, Gilbert appeared to be increasingly out of touch with what post-war children wanted. In the end, fewer than 5,000 sets of the lab were sold between 1950 and 1951, after ...

The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory was released in the early 1950s and comes complete with ... The world’s most dangerous toy is up for sale. RR Auction / SWNS In 2006, Radar Magazine ...

The Battle of New Orleans waged 190 years ago was the final engagement of the final war with England. Andrew Jackson defeated the British on Jan. 8, 1815. The day became a national holiday after ...