Oddity of the Week: Define 'Portable'

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The 20th Century's Communications Revolution was amazing.

Define 'Portable'

A portable TV set in 1939.

According to the US Federal Communications Commission in 1939, this was a portable TV set. As the Library of Congress has it:

FCC Commissioners inspect latest in television. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. The first public demonstration of the new lightweight television equipment was given today before members of the Federal Communications Commission. The new equipment is portable and can be carried in a taxicab as compared to the huge cumbersome truck which has been used until now. The FCC is now considering new renovations for commercial television.

Amazing, isn't it? We can hardly wait to see what the 1940 model will look like. It might even come in different colours.

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