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Vintage photo gallery

Take a look behind the scenes in the Consumer Reports testing laboratories. Our research includes documenting our work in photographs, many of which have been published in Consumer Reports magazine over the years. This archive of vintage photographs shows the ingenuity of our testers and traces American consumer products over the decades.

Car record players, 1961

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Car record players, 1961
The needle of the Norelco Auto Mignon stays in the groove of our 45s, even when we drive over rough roads. But since there's no record changer, we must insert each record we want to play, then remove it when the song is over.

Archives
TSmall cars, 1948

1936-1949
Steam Irons, 1951

1950-1954
Automatic coffee makers, 1958

1955-1959
Portable electric hair dryers, 1961

1960-1969
Instant glue, 1973

1970-1980