By Mary Bellis
First marketed on July 12, 1960, the Etch-A-Sketch ® was developed in the late 1950s by Frenchman, Arthur Granjean. Granjean called his toy L'Ecran Magique. In England, the toy was called the DoodleMaster Magic Screen. It was introduced at the 1959 International Toy Fair in Nuremburg, Germany and bought by the Ohio Toy company, who renamed the toy Etch-A-Sketch.
The
Etch-A-Sketch
First marketed
in 1960, the Etch-A-Sketch ® was developed in the late 1950s by Frenchman,
Arthur Granjean.
Etch-A-Sketch
- History of the Name
"Last week,
one of the men responsible for Etch-A-Sketch's name, William Casley Killgallon,
died at the age of 87. Without him, we might have grown up fiddling with
the white knobs on our red DoodleMaster Magic Screen or L'Ecran Magique
("The Magic Screen")."
Etch-A-Sketch
History
Its bright
red frame isn't showing signs of gray... …but the Etch-A-Sketch Magic
Screen ® is 30-something!
Etch-A-Sketch
Official Website
Online
Etch-A-Sketch
An
Etch-A-Sketch that can be controlled from a web page
George's
Vlosich III's Etch-A-Sketch works of art
Etch-A-Sketch
Gallery
How
does an Etch-a-Sketch Work?
Shopping
for an Etch-A-Sketch
The
Etch A Sketch Book (compare prices)
Related
Information
Toy
Inventions
The Etch-A-Sketch product name is the registered trademark owned by The Ohio Art Company.
