Tag: Magnus

Gene Genius Rides Again (Big Time)

Before you begin this latest episode you may want to read (revisit) the earlier posts on Gene, The Gene Genius and Gene Genius Returns. Recently I stumbled across another newspaper article on the kid, which also led to further discoveries and thus this hotchpotch of a post. The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic) Wed 2 Dec … Continue reading Gene Genius Rides Again (Big Time) →

Bakelite Brevities

Prominent world harmonica collector Harland Crain sent HRR this photograph of a Crackajack Miniature Concert (with bakelite frame). In the Melbourne Weekly Times (Saturday 10th November 1934) advertised alongside the Crackajack Miniature Concert was Ludwigs "Improved Bakelite" mouth organ (maybe the Antoria Concert). It had me reminiscing on the bakelite devices in our family home … Continue reading Bakelite Brevities →