
Car radios only became technologically viable in the mid-1930s. But their rapid adoption by drivers demonstrated the demand for radio on the road.
Originally car radios were sold separately and could be installed permanently in a vehicle or kept for use as portable sets.
This dual use is evident in the Ferris M94, with its attached handle.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.