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14 Downstairs  Living Room Art When Daddy got the hi-fi, which replaced the Crosley radio just inside the living room door, it came with a demonstration record to show what “rich lifelike sound” Magnavox could bring into your home. Our neighborhood was bound by mountains, river, railroad. Coal trains whistled, rattling our walls day and night. But when Daddy turned on that hi-fi and the needle rode the black platter, we called the neighbors. “You’ve got to come hear this,” we said, thrilled at the whooo and hiss and roar of a “real train” so close. ...

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