One hundred years ago, this trio, shown in the June 1926 issue of Popular Science, are enjoying a radio program while enjoying an auto tourist adventure, thanks to a number of pointers contained in the magazine. They might have been listening to entertainment, but as the magazine points out, much useful information was available, such as the weather. There were even, according to the magazine, lectures about car camping.

They were set up next to the car because they were using the car’s 6 volt battery as an A battery. They brought along the B batteries, which took up little extra space.