Glass radio

Description:	During the radio boom of the 1920s, many people got involved in either buying radios or building their own. Broadcast radio was introduced in late 1920 when Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania station KDKA and a handful of other commercial broadcast stations came on the air. Within 3 years, millions of listeners had radios. To save money, many built their own receivers and tried to pick up distant stations. This glass radio is an excellent example of a do-it-yourself radio made out of factory-made parts. By the 1930s, the radio age was upon us and took on a more professional course producing more excellent programming carried over radio networks.
Source:	http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/834
Collection:	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/;
Copyright:	Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0);
Subjects:	Radio Radio -- History Radio -- History -- 20th Century

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