There was a time when people dressed up to listen to the radio, and 85 years ago was one of those times, as demonstrated by this young woman on the cover of the June-July 1938 issue of National Radio News.

You would dress up, too, if the receiver you were listening to was the General Electric model F-96 Electric Touch Button Tuning Radio.  The handsome nine tube set retailed for $110 (over $2300 in 2023 dollars).  It featured sixteen pushbuttons, and tuned both broadcast and short wave, as well as pulling in police calls.