The Etch A Sketch: Rhodri Marsden's Interesting Objects

This weekend 55 years ago, the very first Etch A Sketch rolled off a factory production line in Bryan, Ohio. It was one of the first toys to be advertised on American television, and after also winning endorsements from popular magazines of the day it became the Christmas hit of 1960. The man who invented it, however, kept a much lower profile in his native France.