From the late 1920s through the 1950s radio and television repair shops were almost as common as drug stores. Back then you could take your radio, TV, or record player to your neighborhood shop and ...

[Mr. Carlson] has an old-style 1940-era radio tube tester, the kind that used to inhabit grocery and drug stores. It is in amazing condition and he was kind enough to tear it down for us. The tester ...