Paleo-walkman of 1957

The secret history of the walkman revealed: Paul Johnson of Jacksonville, Fla invented this one-tube radio (powered by two dry cells) in 1957, to keep him entertained while he did yard-work. In terms of design aesthetics, I'm willing to say that this is the coolest, mad-sceintist-looking-est headset ever to grace the head of a human.

Headwork in the Garden