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We recommend this article primarily for it's three illustrations; the copy is not likely to hold your attention for too long. It concerns civilian applications for military technology, such as that era's hand-held radios that were the wonder of the period. As you will see from the illustrations, the cartoonist recognized so well that such inventions could serve as the grandfather of the cell phone and he drew people on the street and driving cars -all chatting away on their walkie-talkies. Good fun.

Below is a 1953 prophecy concerning cell phones:

     


Walkie-Talkies and the Anticipation of Cell Phones in 1945 (Yank Magazine, 1945)

Walkie-Talkies and the Anticipation of Cell Phones in 1945 (Yank Magazine, 1945)

Walkie-Talkies and the Anticipation of Cell Phones in 1945 (Yank Magazine, 1945)

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