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Ekco AD-65: Art Deco geometry for radio listening
Ekco AD-65: Art Deco geometry for radio listening
The Ekco AD-65 shows how geometric, machine-age styling could shape a functional radio. Wells Coates designed it in 1932; E.K. Cole Ltd. (EKCO) manufactured it in 1934, using a Bakelite case, stainless steel and woven cloth.[1][2][3][4]
Two details make the design clear: its circular case rests on two integrated feet, and its circular speaker sits behind woven cloth crossed by three vertical stainless-steel bars.[5][6] The catalogue identifies it as a radio receiver for entertainment and audio, establishing its intended listening use, but not its price or market reach.[7][8]
The available research did not establish whether contemporary advertising presented the AD-65 specifically as an everyday appliance, or whether it was affordable or mass-produced. The evidence supports its practical purpose as a radio, but those broader marketing claims remain unverified.
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The Bear and the Buried Rope
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A Greenland whaler’s captain sought to catch a bear without harming its hide. In this anecdote recorded in A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals, the bait was placed inside a rope noose. The bear removed the noose with its paw and escaped with the meat. The sailors tried again, this time hiding the rope beneath the snow. The bear scraped the snow away, tossed the rope aside, and escaped once more with the bait, unharmed. That is the reported turn of the tale: twice the snare was set, and twice the bear got away with its prize.
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President Obama awards Medal of Honor to Kyle Carpenter
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Goldau: When the Mountainside Came Down
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In Jane Loudon’s historical account, Goldau lies in a valley near Mount Righi. There, the mountainside and forest slid down into the valley. The falling mass buried villages and filled much of Lake Lowerz. Loudon describes a settled valley transformed by the landslide. The account leaves us with the scale of that change: mountain, forest, villages, and lake reshaped in a single catastrophe.
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How to carve a traditional Hawaiian kiʻi from a carrot
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When cute woodland creatures reveal their dark side
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Real people behind online click factories
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Behind the scenes with US Navy EOD technicians
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When the US Army plays 1812 Overture with live artillery
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Deep sea exploration reveals lost relics of USS Yorktown
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