Etch A Sketch

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Etch A Sketch

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With its red plastic frame and grey screen, the Etch A Sketch let you draw wobbly pictures using two white knobs — one for up-and-down lines, one for side-to-side — then wiped the slate clean with a satisfying shake. Invented by French electrician André Cassagnes and licensed to the American firm Ohio Art, it became a fixture under British Christmas trees throughout the 1970s. Remarkably, it's still made almost exactly the same way today, and now sits in the US National Toy Hall of Fame.

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The story

With its red plastic frame and grey screen, the Etch A Sketch let you draw wobbly pictures using two white knobs — one for up-and-down lines, one for side-to-side — then wiped the slate clean with a satisfying shake. Invented by French electrician André Cassagnes and licensed to the American firm Ohio Art, it became a fixture under British Christmas trees throughout the 1970s. Remarkably, it's still made almost exactly the same way today, and now sits in the US National Toy Hall of Fame.

Come back tomorrow for a new quiz!