In the early postwar era, station wagons produced by the Big Three automakers still used wood in their construction. Willys-Overland was a pioneer of all-steel wagon construction in 1946 with its ...

Crosleys were the small, inexpensive, fuel-efficient cars of their day, debuting new technologies such as disc brakes, aircraft-style aluminum body construction and innovative engine designs. The ...

In 1935, Zenith Radio produced a radio receiver called the Stratosphere model 1000Z. The set used 25 tubes and three loudspeakers, more than any other radio to date. A then-amazing 50W drove its three ...

The National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting wants a few more antique Crosley products for its fall exhibit on Cincinnati radio pioneer/entrepreneur/inventor Powel Crosley Jr. 1952 Crosley ...

Walk through the electronics department of most major retailers — Target, Sears, Walmart, Kohls, Urban Outfitters — and you’ll find shelves of Crosley Radio products. Most are a variation of the ...

It only took a year. Chicago's Museum of Broadcasting Communications founder Bruce Dumont told me last August he wanted to assemble an exhibit honoring WLW-AM founder Powel Crosley Jr. A 30-foot by 10 ...

In the year 1921, Powel Crosley Jr. went from reading a book about radios to launching a business that made him the leading radio manufacturer in a matter of months. In the 100 years since, the lives ...

Q: Greg I enjoyed your “First Compact Cars” feature and I owned two Crosleys in my day. On Christmas day many years ago, when I was only nine-years-old, I was given a 1948 Crosley station wagon that ...