January 4, 2020

When kids didn't recognize a microphone

Sam Smith - 60 years ago this year, DC ran its last trolley streetcar to Glen Echo. I covered the story for WWDC News and one reason I remember it is because of two kids who said of my microphone: "What's that?" and "What do you have this for?" Only about a dozen reporters in DC had portable tape recorders back then and these young were probably among the last in America not recognizing one.


Photo: National Capital Trolley Museum
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