The 8-track tape technology was popular from the mid-1960s to
the early 1980s.
Inventor George Eash invented a design in 1953, called the
Fidelipac cartridge, also called the NAB cartridge.
The Lear Jet Stereo 8 cartridge was designed by Richard Kraus
while working for the Lear Jet Corporation.
George Eash (1927 – 2006)
1946
Charlie McCarthy and his ventriloquist partner Edgar Bergen
made their radio debut on NBC‘s The Royal Gelatin Hour in
1936, where they proved such a hit that the following year
the network gave them a starring role on The Chase and
Sanborn Hour, where they were initially supported by emcee
Don Ameche, singer Nelson Eddy, actress Dorothy Lamour,
and comedian W. C. Fields. The following year, Charlie would
be joined by a much dumber dummy, Mortimer Snerd” (below).
WC Fields (right) with Edgar Bergen And Charlie McCarthy.
The Tinkertoy Construction Set is a toy for children. It was
designed in 1914—six years after the Frank Hornby‘s
Meccano sets—by Charles H. Pajeau, who formed the Toy
Tinker Company in Evanston, Illinois to manufacture them.
Pajeau, a stonemason, designed the toy after seeing children
play with sticks and empty spools of thread. Pajeau partnered
with Robert Pettit and Gordon Tinker to market a toy that would
allow and inspire children to use their imaginations. After an
initially-slow start, over a million were sold.
Hasbro bought the Tinkertoy brand and currently produces
both Tinkertoy Plastic and Tinkertoy Classic (wood) sets
and parts. The US rights are now owned by Basic Fun!.
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Charles H. Pajeau in his workshop, December 1918.
Robert Pettit, vice president and general
manager, Toy Tinkers Inc.
Brylcreem is a British brand of hair styling products for men
created in 1928. It is marketed in the United States by Combe Incorporated, based in White Plains, New York.
It was first advertised on television with the jingle "Brylcreem,
A Little Dab’ll Do Ya!
Brylcreem It is notable for the high shine it provides, which
spawned the name of the product, stemming from "brilliantine"
and "cream".
