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Online Lecture by Dr. Michael Windover "Retailing Radio: How the T. Eaton Company Sold the Idea of Radio in 1920s-1930s Canada"

Ornamentum magazine have organized an online lecture by Dr. Michael Windover on “Retailing Radio: How the T. Eaton Company Sold the Idea of Radio in 1920s-1930s Canada”. The lecture will take place online on October 20th at 7pm EDT. The lecture will look especially at radio catalogues produced by the retailer as visual evidence of how the new medium was imagined and sold to Canadian public. Dr. Michael Windover is Associate Professor and Head of Art & Architectural History at Carleton University and Adjunct Curator of design at Ingenium: Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation. He is a historian of modern architecture, design, and material culture, with particular interests in the intersections of architecture with other media and intimate spaces of public culture. If anyone is interested in ‘tuning in’ to this lecture, please register here. Note: the CVRS have no commercial or other interest in this lecture other than bringing it to the attention of our members who may be interested in the topic.

Summer 2022 Edition of Canadian Vintage Radios Available Now

The June 2022 edition of the CVRS newsletter "Canadian Vintage Radios" is now available to CVRS members. After signing into the website, you can click on this link to the CURRENT ISSUE where you can download it.

Minutes of 2022 Annual General Meeting

The CVRS 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place via ‘Zoom’ on Sunday, June 14, 2022. The Minutes of the AGM can be viewed by CVRS Members.

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