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Details Writers: Aileen Antonier, Henry Blackham, Maureen Erbe, Roger Handy; Genre: Pop Culture

Even if you know absolutely nothing about transistor radios, even if you couldn't care less, Made in Japan: Transistor Radios of the 1950s and 1960s is so divine-looking you won't be able to help twirling happily through the pages. Skip the words and gaze at the funky photographs of these Japanese-made objects. Suddenly, whether in the shape of a ladybug, Charlie the Tuna (really), or a globe, the gloriously kitschy transistor radios of the 1950s and '60s look like art. A-

Originally posted Jul 31, 2009 Published in issue #185-186 Aug 27, 1993 Order article reprints

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