A Radio Traffic Cop

Here is M.S. Strock, of the U.S. Bureau of Standards, checking broadcasting wave lengths with an apparatus of extreme accuracy. This Uncle Sam makes broadcasters keep to their own wave lengths.

Popular Science Monthly, July 1925

Washington Post, Oct. 23. 1925.

With 600 broadcasting stations in existence, the question is sometimes asked if they are using the wave length assigned them. Morris S. Strock, of the bureau of standards, has designed an apparatus.... whereby the frequencies of distant stations may be measured.

Nothing wrong with dressing properly. Sometimes I think our current standards have laxed too much. Men should dress in suits when working. Put coveralls over them to protect them in messy conditions, but otherwise, put that tie on!

could be purchased by the foot or yard in 1925. Thus, measurements had to be precise for accurate pricing.

Denny Gill
Chugiak, Alaska

In 1925 even a techie had to wear a suit. Indeed when I started as an IBM Customer Engineer in 1963 -- a job that involved repairing some very greasy and inky machines -- I had to wear a dark suit with a white shirt and conservative tie.