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Novelty radios focused on fitting in rather than standing out. Often found on a bookshelf or office desk, novelty sets were designed as fully functional radios and sometimes looked almost indistinguishable from the objects they copied. Novelty radios also advertised products and promoted new technologies. The RCA X-11, a compact, promotional Bakelite radio, used miniature multi-unit tubes that were developed during the Second World War and introduced to the civilian radio market in 1946. Radio courtesy of Steve Kushman. "On the Radio" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. http://bit.ly/RadioSFO
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Novelty radios focused on fitting in rather than standing out.
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Novelty radios focused on fitting in rather than standing out.
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Novelty radios focused on fitting in rather than standing out.
This image was posted on June 20, 2018.
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During the Great Depression, radio sales soared as the airwaves provided cost-effective entertainment.
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Bakelite was the first plastic used to make radio cases, allowing for sleek, modern designs not possible with wooden construction.
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Described by Fortune magazine in 1936 as “the gaudy brother of somber Bakelite,” Catalin, the trade name for a cast-phenolic plastic made in a variety of brilliant colors, was first used to make smaller items such as bracelets, chess pieces, and buckles.
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From the 1920s to the 1940s, radio programs that featured live musical performances were far more numerous than broadcasts of recorded music.
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The Remler Company manufactured radio receivers in downtown San Francisco for more than three decades.
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