When they think of Disneyland, most people picture a well-oiled machine fueled by Mickey Mouse and magic. It wasn’t always that way. In the beginning, many in the industry were skeptical about the new amusement park’s potential.

The 160-acre theme park in Anaheim, California, had just one entrance and charged a whopping $1 (about $8 adjusted for inflation) to get in. Before Disneyland opened in 1955, amusement parks had multiple entrances and cost

1920: The Joseph Horne department store in Pittsburgh advertises ready-made radio receivers that can pick up a local broadcast station. Commercial radio is just weeks away.

Frank Conrad was assistant chief engineer of the Westinghouse Electric Company in