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Beatrice Alexander: Creating an Industry

BY Todd Coopee February 16, 2018 Filed to: Profiles of Ingenuity

Profiles of Ingenuity

Irwin Toy Limited

A modest home-based operation that evolved to serve American toy manufacturers and Canadian consumers, Irwin Toy Limited pioneered toy licencing and distribution agreements.

A.C. Gilbert: Master of Innovation

A.C. Gilbert left a promising career in medicine to create toy kits that inspired generations of engineers, scientists, and tinkerers.

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