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Uncle Joe

(58,531 posts) Sun Oct 24, 2021, 08:50 PM Oct 2021

10 Commercials from the 40s

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10 Commercials from the 40s (Original Post) Uncle Joe Oct 2021 OP

LOL More doctors smoke Camel cigarettes. Ziggysmom Oct 2021 #1

"Of course the tube may jar loose." El Supremo Oct 2021 #2

The first commercial transistor radio was marketed in 1954. rsdsharp Oct 2021 #3

Ziggysmom

(3,432 posts)

1. LOL More doctors smoke Camel cigarettes.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Oct 24, 2021, 09:08 PM

Oct 2021

El Supremo

(20,365 posts)

2. "Of course the tube may jar loose."

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Oct 24, 2021, 09:25 PM

Oct 2021

Or break. How long was this before transistors?

rsdsharp

(9,234 posts)

3. The first commercial transistor radio was marketed in 1954.

Reply to El Supremo (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 24, 2021, 09:49 PM

Oct 2021

I think most of these are actually from the 1950s. RCA had ads for this radio at least into the mid 50s. Hasbro didn’t market Mr. Potato Head until 1952, and Mrs. Potato Head came later than that. Pee Wee Reese was a Dodger in the 40s, but Don Zimmer didn’t come up until 1954.

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