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Radio, Airplanes, Automobiles, Entertainment, Fashion, Sports, Science and Medicine
Radio, Airplanes, Automobiles, Entertainment, Fashion, Sports, Science and Medicine
Radio, Airplanes, Automobiles, Entertainment, Fashion, Sports, Science and Medicine
1920s
Radio
Radio
The first Broadcast of
Canadian content that
was widely listened to
was Foster Hewitts
Hockey Night in Canada
on Mar 22, 1923
For a Video Clip of
Foster Hewitt and
Maple Leaf Gardens,
Foster Hewitt - CBC Arc
hives
Foster Hewitt
The Telephone
Alexander Graham
Bell (1847-1922)
Born in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Came to
Canada in 1870 at
the age of 23.
Invented in
telephone in
Brantford, Ontario.
Alexander Graham Bell
The Telephone
The first telephones
were noisy and
difficult to use
By the 1920s, only 1
in 4 families had a
telephone.
However, by 1929, 3
out of 4 Families
had a telephone
The Telephone
Dial telephones were
introduced in 1924.
The impact of the
telephone is Canada
was immediate. It
brought Canadians
closer to together;
especially those who
lived in isolated areas.
The Airplane
Dec 17th, 1903,
the Wright
Brothers perform
the first
successful flight
of an Airplane at
Kitty Hawk, NC.
USA.
The Airplane
The Automobile
In 1893, Henry
Ford built his first
car.
By 1908, he built
his first production
car; the Model T
This car was also
known as the Tin
Lizzie
Henry Ford
The Automobile
Advances in Medicine
Advances in Medicine
In 1923, Banting along
with three other
colleagues received
the Nobel Prize for
Medicine.
Many years later,
Banting made the Top
Ten on the CBC
Contest Who is the
Greatest Canadian?
(He beat Don Cherry)
Entertainment
In the 1920s, many
people wanted to
forget the war and
have some fun.
Some call these years
the age of wonderful
nonsense.
Dances like the
Charleston were all
the rage.
Jazz was also very
popular
The Charleston
Entertainment
In the 1920s, the silent
film industry made
instant stars out of
celebrities like Greta
Garbo and Charlie
Chaplin.
In 1927, the first
talking picture came
out; The Jazz Singer
starring Al Jolson
Charlie Chaplin
Entertainment
A Hollywood Star
Mary Pickford
Fashion
The Flapper
Fashion
Sports
"He shoots, he scores!"
With those words,
legendary hockey
The Legendary Foster
broadcaster Foster Hewitt
Hewitt
united Canada each
Saturday night. From his
inauspicious first broadcast
(shouting into a telephone
from a foggy glass booth in
1923) to the momentous
Summit Series of 1972 and
beyond, Hewitt was
Canada's voice of hockey
The Leafs vs. The
for half a century.
Habs: M
Sports
Lionel Conacher
Howie Morenz
Sports
The Bluenose
Sports
Percy Williams
Sports