Seventy years ago this month, this high fidelity enthusiast was making adjustments to the H. H. Scott control panel of a custom installation, put together by Custom Sound Systems of Orange, New Jersey.  The two lower drawers contained a De Jur tape recorder and Audiosphere stereophonic tape player.  The upper drawers contained a Rek-O-Kut record player and an Altec amplifier.

This deluxe setup is in the home of one Robert Ossorio of New York City.  But while this young woman appears at ease with the equipment, she’s actually a model, Mona McHenry, hired for the photo shoot.  The photographer is by Dan Rubin, and the photo appeared on the cover of the April 1956 issue of Radio-Electronics.