If you collect VINTAGE SCIENTIFIC TOYS, PORTER SETS, or just want a GREAT DEAL ON A MICROCRAFT SET for YOUR LITTLE EINSTEIN. That's about all I can tell you about this UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL collectible. Now.if YOU have any other information or data on this piece and would like to share it, I'd be more than willing to pass it on to any possible NEW OWNER. There were 2 old D cell batteries in the battery case, I disposed of them. It even has the original catalog AND the "Wonders of Science" college scholarship book showing the previous year's (1956) winners. It's a Porter Science Microcraft, Microscope Lab Number 215, one of the most extensive sets for the period. It sold over a million chemistry kits before going out of business in the 1980s over increased liability concerns RETAIL PRICE: $14.98 THAT'S EQUAL TO $75.00 TODAY This is a very complete vintage 1957 microscope laboratory set with metal carry case. It reached the height of its popularity in the 1950s when it would even mine its own chemicals, give out scholarships, and was the biggest users of test tubes in the USA. Gilbert Company as part of a boom in science educational toys spurred by the Space Race between the US and USSR in the late 1950s. The Chemcraft and Microcraft line competed with similar sets offered by A. The company also made the Microcraft line of microscope sets. The company would later form a relationship with the Lionel Corporation, famed American maker of toy trains. The company's Chemcraft kits were first sold at major retail by Woodward & Lothrop, and appeared soon after at other retailers in the country.
LAST DAY!! LAST CHANCE!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN MY AUCTION THIS AUCTION IS FOR 1957 PORTER MICROCRAFT #215 SENIOR MICROSCOPE LABORATORY TOP OF THE LINE FOR ITS TIME LAB-MASTER #215 Porter Chemical Company, founded 1916, was an American toy manufacturer that developed and produced chemistry sets aimed as educational toys for aspiring junior scientists.