History Repeats Itself

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 21, 2 December 1932, Page 19

History Repeats Itself

This illustration appeare in "Punch's Almanack" . for 1878, dated December 14, 1877.. At the time the telephone was a novelty, and the illustration is an imaginative idea on the part of the artist of what might be expected of the telephone. The picture is surprisingly applicable at the present time to wireless _ broadcasting, and _ particularly apt is the caution to ‘‘Buttons" to be sure to "close one tap before opening the otherl’® One might almost imagine that the artist had ‘been privileged to peep into the future and gather his inspiration from one of the modern wireless sets.

Even the tuning devices are all there, and the suggestion of the inclusion of a clock on the panel is one which might well be followed by manufacturers who study the appearance of their products.