tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post2807688836264117499..comments2024-03-20T17:21:09.119-07:00Comments on Tattered and Lost EPHEMERA: CHRISTMESS GIFT IDEA No. 12Tattered and Losthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-18297328811555375252012-12-13T00:39:08.272-08:002012-12-13T00:39:08.272-08:00You are so right! The many generations of kids of...You are so right! The many generations of kids of the technological age have always been excited about getting the latest technological "toys." Nowadays, it's iPhones and iPods but back in 1957 transistor radios were amongst the lastest "must-have" items.<br /><br />That turquoise radio in the model's hand is gorgeous! And like today's gadgets it cost plenty, too. At $44.95 in 1957, that turquoise radio cost the equivalent of about $372 in 2012 dollars. No doubt 50-some years from now people will be wondering why the folks of 2012 were willing to pay big bucks for things as primitive as iPhones.<br /><br />I didn't get my first transistor radio [which I still have and still works fine] until the early-1960s when they were much less expensive, smaller and had the optional earphone. Yet, as a member of a very poor family, I felt like the luckiest kid town when I unwrapped that present. Connie Francis, Frankie Avalon and the Beach Boys never sounded so good! Felix09noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-74833463953651093842012-12-12T23:14:19.262-08:002012-12-12T23:14:19.262-08:00Those radios were such a step forward. I remember ...Those radios were such a step forward. I remember taking it to school to hear the chart announcements at lunchtime and find out what was number 1 that week. You generally had the radio pressed to your ear as the quality was not great. I still listen to music radio, if I did my own programming I wouldn't get to hear new things. Thanks for prompting those memories.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854564777269577428noreply@blogger.com