Motorola Madness

Motorola Madness

Written by Frank Doris

Above: a Radio News 1925 artist's conception of what Nikola Tesla's wireless power transmission system might have looked like in the future. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Frank R. Paul/public domain.

 

 

Even in 1953 you could make old records sound like new again with this Motorola phonograph, for less than hundreds of dollars!

 

 

Motorola also had an ingenious solution for better AM reception back in the day.

 

 

Motorola sure knew how to design radios! Here's a 1939 beauty, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Daderot.

 

 

Big speaker, fine tone and long battery life, all for $24.95. What more could you ask for?

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