The once respected CBS network, before becoming the butt of jokes, has its beginnings as a network of radio stations under the Columbia Phonograph Company. By 1935 this network had a nationwide reach and extended into Canada. This charming map from that year illustrates and advertises its reach.
The map shows people listening to their radios (and sometimes singing along) while doing cliched activities for their regions such as driving a tractor in North Dakota,
hula dancing in Hawaii,
and whatever this is - some kind of emergency radio drop from a lighthouse?
My favorite one is the lobster listening off of Cape Cod.
I also like how the constructed a north arrow from a microphone.
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