iture ▁factory ▁in ▁Cov ington , ▁Pennsylvania ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁twelve ▁began ▁invent ing ▁to ys . ▁When ▁his ▁father ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 9 , ▁Cr and all ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁factory ▁at ▁age ▁six teen . ▁ ▁Cr and all ' s ▁blocks ▁By ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁Cr and all ▁moved ▁the ▁company ▁to ▁Mont rose , ▁Pennsylvania ▁and ▁was ▁into ▁the ▁manufact uring ▁of ▁cro quet ▁sets . ▁He ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁fast ening ▁the ▁corners ▁of ▁boxes ▁by ▁using ▁gro ov es ▁and ▁tong ues ▁instead ▁of ▁n ail ing . ▁As ▁his ▁sons ▁were ▁con val es cing ▁from ▁scar let ▁fe ver , ▁he ▁took ▁some ▁pieces ▁home ▁and ▁his ▁children ▁built ▁various ▁structures ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁house , ▁bridge ▁and ▁f ence ▁from ▁them . ▁His ▁children ' s ▁phys ician ▁saw ▁the ▁blocks ▁and ▁ordered ▁some . ▁As ▁Cr and all ▁would ▁later ▁say , ▁this ▁" was ▁the ▁first ▁sale ▁of ▁the ▁famous ▁Cr and all ' s ▁Building ▁Block s ." ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁sell ▁the ▁blocks , ▁rather ▁than ▁go ▁to ▁job bers ▁or ▁deal ers , ▁Cr and all ▁went ▁to ▁P . ▁T . ▁Bar num . ▁Mr . ▁Bar num ▁was ▁so ▁im pressed ▁that ▁he ▁gave ▁them ▁a ▁place ▁in ▁his ▁museum ▁for ▁several ▁weeks . ▁Sales ▁of ▁that ▁product ▁amount ed ▁to ▁about ▁$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁($ ▁today ). ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁sales ▁triple d .