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On the Cover One version of the George Clark receiving tube, Fig. 1 of Bill Condon’s article that starts on Page 2. In this issue

Lee De Forest jollies-up with Roy Weagant, namesake of a family of external-controlled tubes of ca. 1919. The picture was taken in the officees of Sheffield and Betts, patent attorneys in New York. The origianal caption was “When Grid and Gridless Meet. Phot: Jerry Vanicek.   In this issue

On the Cover The 6324 commutator tube. See page 3. In this issue

The rare and prestigious Western Electric/Signal Corps VT-3. Photo by Bill Condo The rare and prestigious Western Electric/Signal Corps VT-3. Photo by Bill Condon In this issue

On the Cover An RCA Labs Doojigger, or maybe a yhingamabob. See article on p.2. In this issue

Tube-and-bulb collector Floyd Lyons pays a visit to John Stokes, his New Zeland counterpart, in 1967. Lyons is admiring a Sperical Audio, while Stokes is holding a Loewe OB333 home receiver with its triple-triode tube. Photo: Auckland Start   In this issue

On the Cover An early, labeled version of the Westinghouse WD-11. See Bill Condon’s article on p.2. In this issue

Illustration from an RCA dealer-promotio brochure of ca. 1926, “rolling out” a new symbol for RCA tubes, the “Radioman.” He was expected to join the, er, pantheon of logotypes for U.S. consumer goods: the “ArgoStarch” Indian-maiden figure, the “Dutch Boy Paints” youth, the “Gold Dust Twins”, the “Cambell,s Soup: cook, etc. The goofy Radiotron Man...

On the Cover The beginning of a product line: William Housekeeper of the Western Electric Co. enginneering staff holding a 100-kW developmental tube made with the knife-edge copper-to-glass seal that he had patanted in 1919. In this issue

The RCA “Selling Fool” doll, a retailer display aid designed ca. 1926 by the major cover/commercial artist Maxfield Parrish. The “Fool” replaced the “Radiotron Man” figure as seen on the Feb. cover, although Web postings about the doll often use the “Radiotron” name. RCA’s $5 price for a quqetet of dolls is ironic – this...