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A reasonably typical advertisement for the Man from Mars radio hat of American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York. Anon., “Craig Oil Company.” Southwest Wave, 9 June 1949, 2.

“An entire orchestra in a hat” – Victor Theodore Hoeflich, American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York, and the Man from Mars radio hat, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Good day to you, my bright eyed and bushy tailed reading friend. I am pleased to see that you are eager to continue our archaeological dig into the history of the Man from Mars radio hat produced by Victor Theodore Hoeflich’s American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York. Incidentally, the text which accompanied the photograph of a young couple at the beginning of the previous part of this article was not a denunciation of the idleness of the capitalist classes which shamelessly

A young American turning on… the radio hat worn by her boyfriend. Anon., “Tout un orchestre dans un chapeau mais la musique n’adoucit pas toujours les mœurs.” Regards, 9 September 1949, 14.

“An entire orchestra in a hat” – Victor Theodore Hoeflich, American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York, and the Man from Mars radio hat, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to yet another December 2024 issue of our festive blog / bulletin / thingee. Given the time of year, and because it seemed like a good idea, yours truly decided to break away from our anniversarial tradition for the 3rd time in a row, and this in order to bring you a topic which fell by the wayside when I miscalculated the length of not one, but two September 2024 articles (3 parts instead of 2) – and one August 2024 article (4 parts instead of 3). Big

A pair of photographs linked to the vegetarian restaurant The Salad Man of Montréal, Québec. Louis Beaudoin, “Au restaurant ‘Salad Man’ – Honnie soit la viande!” Photo-Journal, 14 to 21 November 1959, 8.

In the beginning was The Salad Man, and the salad was in demand; Or, The early days of the vegetarian restaurant industry in Québec

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to this December 2024 issue of our festive blog / bulletin / thingee. Given the time of year, yours truly decided to break away from our anniversarial tradition in order to bring you this topic, a topic which fell by the wayside when I miscalculated the length of the previous article (4 parts instead of 3). Are we ready? And yes, my reading friend, I intend to be brief today. Incidentally, the pair of photographs we have just seen showed… - Joseph

A konjac plant before (1) and during its flowering stage. The flower and corm / bulbo-tuber / bulbotuber, which is edible once detoxified, are identified by the numbers 2 and 3. Henri Coupin, “Légumes japonais.” La Nature, 5 November 1904, 356.

Oodles and oodles of noodles from the land of the rising sun: A brief look at konjac and shirataki noodles – as well as glue and gunpowder, but I digress

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Kon’nichiwa, o genkidesu ka? O genkida to kiite ureshīdesu. Shitsumon ga arimasu. Junbi wa īdesu ka? Atarashī tabemono o tamesu no wa sukidesu ka? Mezurashī tabemono wa sukidesu ka? In other words, hello, how are you? Glad to hear you are doing well. I have a question for you. Are you ready? Do you like trying new foods? Do you like unusual foods? Good for you. I shall be brief today and… Who dares to laugh in our presence? Who? Anyway, let us move on, but there will be a test, at the end of

Black and white photograph of 6 uniformed Black porters standing in a line in front of a train. Some porters are smiling and looking at each other.

Rail Transportation

The Face of the Rails: Black Porters in Canada

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Black porters were integral to the day-to-day operations of Canadian railways from the late 19th to mid 20th century. The Black men who made up the majority of porters already experienced racism in Canadian society at large. In the context of their work, they faced the intensely racist and discriminatory policies of the railway companies and the white-led unions. These experiences made political and labour leaders out of many of them, as they fought discrimination on and off the rails. The role

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Sergeant Bob Electro caught in the act of saluting the commanding officer of RCAF Station Clinton, Group Captain John Gordon Mathieson, Clinton, Ontario. Anon., “Six-Year-Old Sergeant.” The North Bay Nugget, 7 January 1963, 15.

Dōmo arigatō, gunsō Electro, mata au hi made: The electronic adventures of Royal Canadian Air Force / Canadian Armed Forces Sergeant Bob Electro

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings and salutations, my reading friend. I can only hope that your holiday period was not hectic / taxing. It is with the hope of creating an atmosphere of sweetness and light that I offer you an article on a robot. Let us begin its electronic adventures with the caption of the photograph you saw a few moments ago.

A typical advertisement of Giant Frog & Sea Food Limited of Montréal, Québec. Anon., “Giant Frog & Sea Food Limited. La Patrie, 18 October 1952, 53.

“Is a frog game or fish? There is the rub.” A brief look at the history of ranaculture in Canada and Québec, Part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

It is with humility tinged with awe that yours truly must admit that I did not expect to find a quantity of information allowing me to write such a long article on ranaculture. Allow me to cite an example. An order in council which came into effect in Ontario in May 1933 protected northern leopard frogs, bullfrogs and green frogs from all forms of hunting during the months of May and June. Only frogs from American states or Canadian provinces other than Ontario could be sold in that province

A typical advertisement of Canadian Frog’s Industries Company of Montréal, Québec. Anon., “Canadian Frog’s Industries Company.” La Patrie, 16 November 1952, 86.

“Is a frog game or fish? There is the rub.” A brief look at the history of ranaculture in Canada and Québec, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Do not close this webpage, my reader friend disturbed / alarmed by our topic for today! Yours truly realises that the breeding of frogs for the purpose of consuming their legs, in other words ranaculture, can be a rather off-putting subject. This being said (typed?), it is a topic which fits very well within the mandate of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario, a brother / sister museal institution of the terrifically good Canada Aviation and Space Museum, also located in

An editorial cartoon which reflected the reaction of many Americans following the launch of Sputnik 2. John Milt Morris, “Our own non-fly doghouse.” The Nome Nugget, 8 November 1957, 2.

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Three Days of the Sputnik; or, “Radio-Moscow admits that the dog revolving around the earth in the satellite will never return”: Laika, Sputnik 2 and the daily press of Québec, part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hello, hello! How are you, my reading friend? Are we ready to plunge into the eternal silence of the infinite spaces which frightened the French theologian / physicist / philosopher / moralist / mathematician / inventor Blaise Pascal (1623-62)? Wunderbar! Actually, did you know that Pascal designed the first calculating machine? Indeed, he more or less directly manufactured 20 or so arithmetic machines / pascaline calculators / pascalines between 1645 and 1654, but I digress. Would you believe

A black and white photograph taken from the air. The photo shows a series of docks with buildings on the port, and city streets behind. The Halifax Citadel is in the background.

Library and Archives

Ingenium Archives “City Series”: Halifax

Kristy von Moos

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The “City Series” is composed of short articles highlighting selections of historical photos from cities and towns throughout Canada. In today’s installment, we focus on Halifax, the provincial capital of Nova Scotia.

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