Good Vibrations | Online Store: 'Good Vibrations' founder, Joani Blank, has collected antique vibrators for over 20 years. We display her treasures alongside our company collection on-line and occasionally in both our San Francisco and Berkeley stores, and the vibrators in our collection date from the late 1800s up through the 1970s. The electric vibrator had its inception in 1869 with the invention of a steam-powered massager, patented by an American doctor'.