It’s Industrial, By Design

One hundred years before the digital age and a world of apps and devices, electrification was the revolution. Then, America was a mythic Industrial Powerhouse churning out invention and transforming the day-to-day with the outrageous, astounding electrical devices that would make us modern. Before Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, there was the genius of Edison, […]

GE Radio Phonograph

Q: I’m trying to find information about this 1950s upright GE record player cabinet. It’s Model G 502 h and has several patent numbers on the back. After hours of searching, I can’t find anything about it. Can you help? A: General Electric made these stereo radio/phonographs at their plant in Decatur, Illinois. The company […]