When the 1920s began, no one had heard of the radio yet. But by 1922 radios increasingly dominated conversations. $60 million worth of them were sold in 1922, but by 1929 sales jumped to $845 million. Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was the winner of the radio race, and as such was arguably the Apple of its day.
Interesting about the products marketed by RCA was how expensive they were. If $135 is a lot of money today, it was a gargantuan sum back in the 1920s. Yet $135 was the cost of a radio as the 1920s ended. What was a must-have gadget was still somewhat of a luxury item for the relatively few.
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