The Transistor Radio Launches the Portable Electronic Age, At the Smithsonian
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National Museum of American History
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How the Transistor Radio with Music for Your Pocket Fueled a Teenage Social Revolution, At the Smithsonian
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Journal & News
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A history of the transistor at 75 - Marketplace
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TI announces 1st transistor radio, October 18, 1954 - EDN
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The Transistor and Portable Electronics - Engineering and Technology History Wiki
Regency Model TR-1 Transistor Radio
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Let's Get Small SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention