Ninety years ago, it was expected that a deluxe hotel would install a radio for the entertainment of its guests, and the Biltmore in New York City was no exception. Here, a member of the hotel staff is tuning the set for actresses and Zigfeld girls Marion Benda and Mary Mulhern. Two years later, in 1927, Miss Benda married Zeppo Marx.

In 1930, Miss Mulhern married actor Jack Pickford, becoming his third and last wife. Citing mistreatment throughout the marriage, she was in the process of obtaining a divorce at the time of his 1933 death.

The photo here is from the June 1925 issue of Radio Broadcast.

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