Home Entertainment

Who knew that around 1947-1951 (after the War and before TV), in-home salesmen offered both quality merchandise and a night’s entertainment? It was fun for the kids to see the well-honed sales pitch and in five minutes they would campaign to buy whatever was being sold. My family bought Compton’s encyclopedias and an Electrolux vacuum this way; both were useful and lasted for decades. Submitted by Ray Harding.