Washing isotopes

More atomic madness in the 1950's.

Take a load of clothes, get them dirty with radioactive isotopes, use some washing machines to get the dirt out and test with a Geiger counter.

"Our washing machines remove radioactivity better than your washing machines".

"Atomic laundry", 1954
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All your circuits belong to us

This ad could be called "the insane march of technology" - on a closer inspection, that is really what happens here.

On a previous ad from 1949, for the princely sum of $229.95 you could buy a 10-inch TV - now in 1954 you can become the proud owner of a 24-incher for the same money. Considering inflation, it's actually cheaper to buy a bigger TV.

The mechanics of the markets are the same -it's always cheaper to buy later in the cycle of adoption of a product, be it a black-and-white Admiral TV or a spankin' iPhone.

But the really important detail here is in the copy.

"AUTOMATION by Admiral", 1954
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The "Admiral precision circuits" and automated fabrication process is a distinctive selling point. This might be the first-ever advertisement of a printed-circuit product outside the military.

Awesome! Surely, a vision of things to come.