[PAR] [TLE] Porter Chemical Company [SEP] Porter Chemical Company was an American toy manufacturer that developed and produced chemistry sets aimed as educational toys for aspiring junior scientists.  The company's "Chemcraft" kits were first sold at major retail by Woodward & Lothrop, and appeared soon after at other retailers in the country.  The company would later form a relationship with the Lionel Corporation, famed American maker of toy trains.  The company also made the "Microcraft" line of microscope sets.  The "Chemcraft" and "Microcraft" line competed with similar sets offered by A. C. 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. [PAR] [TLE] Woodward &amp; Lothrop [SEP] Woodward & Lothrop was a department store chain headquartered in Washington, D.C. Woodward & Lothrop was Washington, D.C.'s first department store, opening in 1887.  Woodies, as it was often nicknamed, maintained stores in the Mid-Atlantic United States.  Its flagship store was a fixture of the shopping district in downtown Washington, with Garfinckel's, and in the late 1990s the center of controversy over competing visions for DC's urban renewal.
[PAR] [TLE] Porter Chemical Company [ SEP ] Porter Chemical Company was an American toy manufacturer that developed and produced chemistry sets aimed as educational toys for aspiring junior scientists . The company 's " Chemcraft " kits were first sold at major retail by Woodward & Lothrop , and appeared soon after at other retailers in the country . The company would later form a relationship with the Lionel Corporation , famed American maker of toy trains . The company also made the " Microcraft " line of microscope sets . The " Chemcraft " and " Microcraft " line competed with similar sets offered by A. C. 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 . [PAR] [TLE] Woodward & amp ; Lothrop [ SEP ] Woodward & Lothrop was a department store chain headquartered in Washington , D.C. Woodward & Lothrop was Washington , D.C. 's first department store , opening in 1887 . Woodies , as it was often nicknamed , maintained stores in the Mid - Atlantic United States . Its flagship store was a fixture of the shopping district in downtown Washington , with Garfinckel 's , and in the late 1990s the center of controversy over competing visions for DC 's urban renewal .
What science based sets were sold at the department store headquarted in Washington D.C. and founded in 1887?
What science based sets were sold at the department store headquarted in Washington D.C. and founded in 1887 ?
Chemcraft
Chemcraft