Well, I know old printed ads are a hobby of yours and I bet you also know the answer to that one anyway. For others -LoudNoise wrote:How did them folks without electricity hear the electric company ads on the radio?
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug00/3on1/r ... 0radio.htmThis is a Roger's Batteryless Receiver Model 130, built in 1925. It is typical of radios in the twenties in that it is battery operated and has three dials and five identical tubes. The move to battery powered radios resulted in an enormous upsurge in public popularity of the radio. Radios could more easily be incorporated into the decor of private homes. It furthered the mass consumption of the radio, producing new demands for this technology. This radio is very similar to the Stewart Warner 300, of 1925, seen below.
As a kid, I built a crystal radio (from a kit). Worked very well, as I recall.
I reckon so, these ads were mainly aimed at the Mid-West, who already had lighting and heating pretty well covered.trolly wrote:I guess the fridge was a major argument to get electricity. .
Yep, the Internet really is that sad. All that technology just for the need of 'I'm here, I exist'. Well, that and watching lolcat vids on YouToob.trolly wrote:The only need required to transform the telegraph into the internet was the need to talk to someone else.