Electricity’s Early Days: The Gadgets, Contraptions and Conveniences of the '30s and '40s

Many of the conveniences we take for granted today were still in their infancy during the 1930s and 1940s. Here’s a look at some of the gadgets and gizmos people were experiencing for the very first time during the years of the Great Depression and World War II.

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