"Joseph Fenn" wrote in message
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Ref Radio Shack. does anybody on here remember the 1st Radio shack??
The one called "Boston Radio Shack". It was the only one in the
country and it was the original one. I was told the new Radio shack
bought out the rights to the title. The old Boston Radio Shack was
truly a hams delight back in the late 30's.
They had Catalogs available for a postage stamp too something
present day Radio Shacks no longer offer.
Joe

It was still a great place to shop in the late 40's and early 50's. Lots of
surplus on the ground level and then I think the ham stuff was on the
mezzanine. Somewhere in the early 50's, I remember seeing ads for the
Cosmophone desktop kw/receiver. I wonder if any of them actually were sold.

Leanne - W1WXS