Console radio units are displayed in model living rooms in two illuminated, floor-to-ceiling windows of this Zenith Radio store in Chicago in September 1936. Personal radio purchases increased after the passage of the Rural Electrification Act in 1936, which coincided with a drop in radio prices and increased sales for the Chicago company.

Photographer: Philip B. Maher, Hedrich-Blessing
Source: Chicago Historical Society (HB-03549-C)