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???Eisemann Advertisement, 1926

The multi-coloured page has a title, an illustration, some text and a smaller illustration at the bottom of the page. The main illustration shows a flamboyant ball taking place in a great hall, with two figures in the foreground relaxing beside a Eisemann radio.

“Eisemann: America’s Finest Homes,” The Saturday Evening Post (November 13, 1926): pp 161. Musée des ondes Emile Berliner.

Radio is associated with “America’s aristocracy” in this Eisemann advertisement. For the affluent, it was a new component of home entertainment. However, most radio listeners couldn’t afford a home like this, with its grand, hammer-beam ceilings. The theme of masquerade suggests that others could still participate.  Disguised amongst the well-heeled, average North Americans could also join the dance. Radio was open to anyone with a receiver.