Bric-a-brac:
Vintage Technology Cartoons
Home entertainment products were important focal points of the family, expensive
purchases, sometimes hard to understand and often unreliable, no wonder then
that they were often the subject of cartoons. Have a giggle at these
examples;
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From May 1953
"Electrical and Radio Trading" © CLEW
"You don't have to tell me, Sir. Your CR tube has slipped." |
From May 1953
"Electrical and Radio Trading" © CLEW
"Have you got a pop-up toaster with a weaker spring?" |
From February 1953
"Electrical and Radio Trading" © Smythe
"It does this every time I switch over to the Light Programme" |
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These two cartoons from February 1953
"Electrical and Radio Trading" are placed on the contents page
to a sixteen-page special section on tape recorders and accessories.
Tape recorders were about to emerge from their niche and professional markets into the general public. No artist credit. |
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"I've gone home to mother, and this is why you big - " | "A beautiful dictation machine, and light enough for the lap!" |