A Brief History of the Lightbulb

A Brief History of the Lightbulb
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Flashy
The boom of postwar America was not lost on the lowly lightbulb. Many manufacturers spent the proceeding decades perfecting the camera flash. And, as GE proved in 1955, there was no better way to advertise a new invention than by dangling it off the ears of a pretty lady.

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