transistor radios
Battery-powered music boxes
Transistor radios are portable radios using transistor technology rather than vacuum tubes, allowing them to be small enough to carry in a pocket or purse.
They became widely popular in the late 1950s and 1960s, giving teenagers their own access to rock and roll away from family living rooms.
The term now evokes that era: My grandfather still has his old transistor radio from high school.
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