Do You Remember These?

Transistor radio from the 60s. Shown with case and ear adaptor.

 

Realtone transistor radio in leather case with ear adaptor.

I came across something very special tonight while going through a drawer.  My parents gave me this transistor radio in 1967 for my 8th birthday and I thought I had died and gone to heaven.  I remember thinking it was the coolest thing ever!  I would slide the radio in the leather case, pop the ear adaptor in and I was ready to go.  I can still remember the unique smell of the leather case.  As well as I remember, it had a lot of static but that didn’t deter me from carrying it around and listening to it.  It worked on a 9-volt battery.  I’m thinking it still works, but I couldn’t find a 9-volt battery tonight to try it out!   I found two identical radios just like it on eBay (just the radio without the case or ear phones) and they weren’t going for much.  The starting bid on one was $4.99 and the other was $9.99.  Call me crazy, but I don’t think I would take $1,000 for mine.  Ahhhhhh…… wonderful memories.

Gail ♥