If you can tell me or how large it is , I can help you identify exactly which historical treasures are likely inside.

The mid-50s were defined by the emergence of Bay Area broadcasting giants. CHRS maintains a Living Legends video series featuring interviews and footage from the very people who built the industry during this window.

Based on the Society's ongoing Electrical Transcription Project , a file like this would typically include:

Following the war, radio was still the king of the American living room. The California Historical Radio Society preserves records from this time, such as technical restorations of 1948 Meissner FM Tuners and DuMont vintage TVs, which represent the first wave of high-fidelity sound and early consumer television.

Rare recordings and interviews with early pioneers who operated Morse code and early broadcast stations during the late 40s and 50s.

By 1958, the bulky floor-model radios of the 40s were being replaced by portable transistor models. The archive likely contains footage of these technical milestones, which CHRS experts like Bart Lee have documented extensively, from "Wireless Wagons" to the opening of NBC Radio City in San Francisco. What’s Inside the Archive?