Apparently typewriters were the must-have gift that season. They make up three out of 13 suggestions.
More Christmas Suggestions
For the junior scientist what would be more appropriate than this photo electric eye apparatus. Motors can be made to run by waving your arm, burglar alarms installed without wiring and music can be produced from varying light beams.
Any member of the family will appreciate a flashlight. This model features a chrome case and a positive contact thumb switch.
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Christmas Suggestions
For the amateur scientist this Micro-photography outfit is the ideal gift. Permanent records of all experiments can be kept on photographic prints. The microscope and the camera can be used independently.
Cellulose wrappings add much to the appearance of gifts. At right are examples of what attractive wrapping will do. Below—This toy airplane will thrill any youth who receives it. Plane performs like a real ship.
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I’m pretty sure that there is enough bandwidth out there now that every single person on earth could be on the phone at the same time. Though, there’d probably be some seriously over saturated lines in more remote locales.
Incidentally, those calls cost roughly $119 a minute in 2009 dollars.
207 Talk Across Ocean on Xmas
CHRISTMAS traffic on the overseas telephone circuits of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company this year eclipsed all previous records. Throughout the day a total of 207 messages was handled, and the connections established involved Europe, South America, Australia, and the “S. S. Belgeland” off the west coast of Central America.
Practically all of the traffic was of a social or personal nature, involving interchange of holiday greetings. The average length of the conversations was five minutes, at a rate of $30 for the first three minutes.
Nothing says “I love you” more than a vacuum. Well except maybe a festive plunger or toilet brush.
Though, holy crap those are expensive! In 2010 dollars the middle one would cost about $1,200. Nowadays that would get you a Dyson that rides on top of a herd of Roombas.
Give Her a Hoover
and you give her the best
Nearly 700,000 husbands have given the Hoover for Christmas
It’s the all ’round gift for all the year ’round, to make cleaning easier for every woman who owns it.
This Christmas there’s a Hoover Cleaning Ensemble for every house and house wife. It’s the new idea—rug and furniture cleaner in one ensemble. Saves her strength —easier to use —made with magnesium, one-third lighter than aluminum. Saves her time—converts instantly from rug to furniture cleaner. Read the rest of this entry »
