Radio: Family with Headphones (1925)

Abstract

In this photograph, family members listen to the radio “together” while wearing individual headphones. Isolated from each other, the listeners were unable to engage in a running conversation about the broadcast. It was only later that built-in speakers replaced headphones and thus enabled a shared listening experience.

Source

Source: Broadcasting fever 1925 – the Crystal radio receiver, together with headphones, provides for entertainment during coffee service in the garden.

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Radio: Family with Headphones (1925), published in: German History Intersections, <https://germanhistory-intersections.org/en/knowledge-and-education/ghis:image-21> [November 29, 2023].