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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

captkovacs:

Oh hai! Just me, hangin’ wif ma crew, stealin’ bikes and shit

Did i mention i was soooo proud of this little outfit? Oh and the lipstick.

Photo credits: G.Moreau, Anxiogène, Breizh Steampunk Society

scottnorman: See “The Wars of Other Men” at The Brass Screw Confederacy, in #PortTownsend, WA #TheBrassScrewView Post

scottnorman:

See “The Wars of Other Men” at The Brass Screw Confederacy, in #PortTownsend, WA #TheBrassScrew

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questiontheedit: This lady is very sad that Arthur Sullivan is dead. Arthur Sullivan Statue, Victoria Embankment Gardens

questiontheedit:

This lady is very sad that Arthur Sullivan is dead. Arthur Sullivan Statue, Victoria Embankment Gardens

Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici  ~Agnolo Bronzino c. 1544 to 1545 Oil on panel  86 x 67 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales 78. 1996 , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici 
~Agnolo Bronzino
c. 1544 to 1545
Oil on panel 
86 x 67 cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales 78. 1996 , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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vintageindianclothing:

Saris in the 1920s on either side of the subcontinent 1) A Parsi family in 1925 Karachi and 2) A Calcutta Cup Race where “horses take second place to fashion” (from the film Calcutta Topical No 1-1925) . The pallu is worn over the head so often in this decade.  Also still a lot of blouse. The sari drape - pic 1 is Parsi, pic 2 the version adapted in Bengal -varies, otherwise the look is similar.

Do follow link 2 and check out the pic for Delhi Extract -1938 for Delhi fashion of the time. 

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erikkwakkel: Medieval smiley face This is a true feel-good doodle, drawn by a medieval reader and found in the lower margin of a 13th-century page. The surprisingly modern-looking smiley face is wearing glasses and seems to float towards the text in a balloon, quite content. This little scene made my day. Pic: Conches, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 7 (main text 13th century, doodle 14th or 15th century).

erikkwakkel:

Medieval smiley face

This is a true feel-good doodle, drawn by a medieval reader and found in the lower margin of a 13th-century page. The surprisingly modern-looking smiley face is wearing glasses and seems to float towards the text in a balloon, quite content. This little scene made my day.

Pic: Conches, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 7 (main text 13th century, doodle 14th or 15th century).

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That’s interesting.

That’s interesting.

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psaaok: “If little Molly should be in an accident, what would the neighbors think of those ‘clean’ underclothes?” Procter & Gamble White Naphtha Soap.  Printed in Ladies Home Journal, December 1922. Source

psaaok:

“If little Molly should be in an accident, what would the neighbors think of those ‘clean’ underclothes?”

Procter & Gamble White Naphtha Soap.  Printed in Ladies Home Journal, December 1922.

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From Doctor Boli’s Celebrated Magazine

From Doctor Boli’s Celebrated Magazine

strangelycompelling: Model - Magdalena Frackowiak ; Photography - Greg Kadel ; Style - Brian Molloy Make up - Maki Ryoke Publication - Numero SC | SC on Facebook

strangelycompelling:

Model - Magdalena Frackowiak ; Photography - Greg Kadel ; Style - Brian Molloy Make up - Maki Ryoke Publication - Numero

SC | SC on Facebook

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