HistoryPornEnglish • 1 year ago

Rail passengers listening to the radio through personal headphones, 1930

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Rail passengers listening to the radio through personal headphones, 1930

HistoryPornEnglish • 1 year ago

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Those look like unpowered crystal radios on the top of the seats… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_radio
- @Bondrewd
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  Holy fucking shit. Wirelessly powered stuff you actually use was a thing over a 100 years ago?

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