Seventy years ago, Santa Claus brought this young man an electronic kit, which looks like it could quite possibly be a one tube radio. Christmas morning, Dad encouraged him to do only logical thing–start putting it together right there under the tree. With Dad’s helpful guidance, we have no doubt that they were pulling in stations before Christmas dinner.

The illustration is by Ed Valigursky, whose work we’ve previously seen here and here.  It appeared on the cover of Popular Electronics, December 1955.