Taking the Show on the Road In Columbus, OH, a store owner came up with an unusual method for selling appliances. Instead of making people come to his store, he put an electric and gas range, gas drier, electric ironer, electric refrigerator, combination dish and clothes washer, several small television sets, and some small appliances in trailers and took them out to where the people were.
The April 3, 1950 News reported that Robert W. Baer of Baerco Appliance Co. got the idea when he was home one day due to illness. While at home, he answered the door various times during the day to the vegetable man, the bread man, the dry cleaner, and the department store deliveryman. He wondered if appliances could be sold the same way.