A photo from the 1931 German Radio Exhibition in Berlin.  The original caption reads:

“Was man auf der Berliner Rundfunk-Aussstellung sehen wird! Eine Radio-Tabakspfeife, welche das angenehme des Rauchens mit dem des Radiohörens verbindet.”  (“What you’ll see at the Berlin Radio Exhibition!  A radio-tobacco pipe, which combines the pleasure of smoking with that of listening to the radio.”)

Judging by the look on this fellow’s face, it seems there might be something other than tobacco in that pipe.

April 28, 2010, 3:00pm