Old Magazine Covers

[Doug T.]

Hi there!

I mentioned on another thread that I'm also a collector of old magazines, sometimes for the articles, sometimes for the cover art.
Thought it might be fun to post a couple photos. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do

and..............


They're both from 1948.
Doug

[daveh]

Doug "How to build a home freezer" certainly a home project for the average DIYer. Plastics? I wonder what percentage of the population knew of plastics in 1948.

[Doug T.]

Hi Dave!

It never ceases to amaze me what people used to build back then.
I usually cut out the most interesting articles and covers.
The magazines themselves aren't worth very much, so it doesn't really matter if I take them apart.
I really enjoy them, they always put a smile on my face

Doug

[daveh]

We used to have Practical Wireless and Practical Electronics and suchlike. I made one or two fairly straightforward things like a stereo amplifier and a enlarger timer, but never quite got round to making that B/W TV or the oscilloscope that I always fancied doing. They were in the days when there were proper tubes and proper components, such as valves. Now you buy a chip and connect a few wires, and that's it, job done.

Doug. if you get chance post more of these: they are most interesting.

Dave.

[Deleted]

Over here back in the '50s and '60s we had Heath Electronics (eventually became Radio Shack). You could order kits to build everything from simple crystal radios to short wave receivers, TV sets and electronic testing equipment. I always looked forward to the arrival of the new Heath catalog to see the nevest Heathkits.

Wayne

[daveh]

I'm pretty sure we had Heathkits here too. When (Clive) Sinclair came on the scene there were several build-it-yourself kits available from him - or at least the company bearing his name.

Radio Shack shops were everywhere till ten years or so ago. Then CarPhone Warehouse bought them out, closed them down as electrical parts shops and just sold mobile phones from the premises. We have Maplin (a name that has been going for some forty years) shops now, though they are not as widespread as Radio Shack were.

[33dollars]

We used to have a mob called Tandy Electronics. Which was actually Radio Shack. Now its called Dick Smith Electronics with Chinese electronics re branded as DSE brand. A lot of the kits have gone now & it seems over priced. I prefer Jaycar which is in England & Australia.

Here is a hottie from 52 years ago



I think this thread should become a magazine scan thread. (copyright to original of source of course) It seems a shame that the art work from a magazine only lasts for a couple of months.

[33dollars]

Oh I forgot to add. The second magazine would be a good read because I Work with Plastics & have done for twenty five years.
I wonder what they said about plastics back then. Plastic is everywhere now. Everywhere.

[daveh]

We used to have a mob called Tandy Electronics.

Yes, of course, our shops were Tandy too - I'm not quite sure why I said they were Radio Shack - except that most (all?) the stock was branded Radio Shack.

Plastic is everywhere now. Everywhere.

At least some of the plastics now have biodegradability built into them.


I remember years ago the liquid that had been developed that would dissolve everything. They are still looking for something to keep it in. ;D

[daveh]

33, just to add - yes, good idea for a thread.

As regards the 52 year ago hottie, do you mean the model in camera or the camera model?

[33dollars]

The hottie holding the camera.
As for plastic all the stuff we make is UV stabilized to stop it falling apart in the sun.
All plastics get cracks & shatter to become smaller. They don't break down or "biodegradability".
Remaining in the environment for 1000s of years killing wildlife for years & years.
Yes some plastics can be chemically broken down into other plastics to be used again.
There is a Dutch guy in Queensland AUS who worked out how to recycle 99.9% of used car tyres. And when I say recycle I mean separating all materials for reuse. Steel, nylon, Kevlar, oils & rubber oils.

[kennb]

Radio Shacks computers were called Tandy , (I beleive some of the other kits were too)....It depended on where you were in the country as to the name,,Radio Shack and Tandy were the same thing