Before Apple Computer gave us the iMac, mechanical desktop typewriters known as “writing machines” were standard issue in offices and newsrooms throughout America. The electric typewriter first built by Thomas Edison in 1872 and later proliferated in the 1950s by companies like Remington soon took over the office landscape. Later models such as IBM’s Selectrics [...]
What was once common in restaurants and diners across America, the classic coin-operated jukebox has been replaced in the hearts of America’s teens by the IPod. The IPod is a technological breakthrough. It’s the personal jukebox of choice of our youth. It delivers incredible design and functionality all packed into a palm sized player. But [...]
Back in 1958 Americans were crazy about a large plastic hoop ring that made shaking one’s hips in public all the rage. The hula hoop as it was known sold millions to children and adults. In the ensuing years the fad was so popular that hula hoops competitions were popping up in major cities. Today [...]
A simple pie tin created in the late 1800′s by a baker named William Russel Frisbie became a favorite play toy for Yale students more than a half century later. These Yalies tossed these reusable saucer shaped tins for fun through the air and catching them. Later Walter Frederick Morrison, a UFO aficionado, developed the [...]
One of America’s most mainstream product is the metal can opener. The can opener has been a staple in and around kitchens in America for over a century. First invented by Ezra Warner of Waterbury, CT and later patented by William Lyman, the can opener became the preferred choice from previous openers such as knives [...]