An entire shelf built literally just for a phone book:
And a list of every single important phone number that was probably yellowing with age:
The perfect device for popping (kinda dry) popcorn:
This grill that made everything taste just a little bit better:
This washing machine that absolutely destroyed fingers that got too close:
The loudest alarm known to humankind, made for traveling:
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great minds think alike, Issy!
not for boomers
I thought I was the only one!
But then you probably feel personally attacked by toilet paper ads, too, right?
#48 I still got a set of those.
They had vacuum cleaners and washing machines in the early 1900s. In 1986 I lived in an apartment that had exactly one electrical outlet. The place was built in 1913, and the outlet was for a vacuum cleaner. In the 1920s was it was probably also used for a home radio, according to the electrician who was there installing more outlets.