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Article about the popularity of the GE comic books in class rooms, listing the popularity of the early comic books.

Article about the success of the General Electric comic book program and its manager, Dwight Van Avery.

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"Education is no joke." This is
the title of a two-page feature in the June
10 magazine section of the New York Sunday
News…

Article about the success of the General Electric comic book program and other educational booklets.

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Hot Off the Press

For 37,000 science teachers and the same
number of social studies teachers, two new
G·E booklets, "The Story…

A microphone comes to life and takes young Jimmy on behind-the-scenes tour of the NBC radio studios.

GE engineer Ed Powers takes his nephew Johnny and his friend Jane to Colonial Williamsburg to explore how electricity changed everyday life.

GE engineer Ed Powers explains the basics of atomic theory to his younger brother Johnny Powers and highlights early atomic generating projects.

Johnny Powers builds a tin can turbine for a science fair. He and his friends learn about careers in engineering from Johnny's brother Ed, a General Electric engineer.

Ed and Johnny Powers, along with Johnny's friend Jane, visit the WRGB television studio in Schenectady and GE's Electronics Park complex in Syracuse to learn about television and the development of high vacuum electronics. WRGB, founded in 1928, is…

Ed Powers introduces his younger brother Johnny and his friend Jane to the latest in electronics, the transistor, and the impact it had on radios, televisions, and other electronics. The three visit GE's Electronics Park facility in Syracuse, NY to…

GE engineer Ed Powers tells his younger brother Johnny the story of the development of the jet engine and how turbines and jet engines work. The story includes a visit to the GE Flight Test Facility at the Schenectady County Airport in Glenville, NY.