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- Electronic Toll Pass Holder, 2010 - In the 1990s, many American toll roads introduced electronic collection devices. Often mounted to the interior of an automobile windshield in a container like this, the devices transmitted a signal to the toll plaza. Tolls were deducted from participating drivers' prepaid accounts as they cruised through the gates.
- 2010
- Collections - Artifact
Electronic Toll Pass Holder, 2010
In the 1990s, many American toll roads introduced electronic collection devices. Often mounted to the interior of an automobile windshield in a container like this, the devices transmitted a signal to the toll plaza. Tolls were deducted from participating drivers' prepaid accounts as they cruised through the gates.
- Record Album, "Do You Think I'm Disco / Coho Lip Blues," 1979 - Chicago radio DJ, Steve Dahl, became famous for his hatred of disco music. He wrote parody songs to criticize discotheque culture and performed them with his band, Teenage Radiation. In 1979, he conceived and hosted Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park during a double-header baseball game; Dahl detonated thousands of vinyl records, inciting a riot among the crowd.
- 1979
- Collections - Artifact
Record Album, "Do You Think I'm Disco / Coho Lip Blues," 1979
Chicago radio DJ, Steve Dahl, became famous for his hatred of disco music. He wrote parody songs to criticize discotheque culture and performed them with his band, Teenage Radiation. In 1979, he conceived and hosted Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park during a double-header baseball game; Dahl detonated thousands of vinyl records, inciting a riot among the crowd.