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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.

ryanlsumner: Portrait - J.C. Leyendecker - Illustrator for The Arrow Collar Man, Pierce Arrows, Sat. Evening Post, etc.

ryanlsumner:

Portrait - J.C. Leyendecker - Illustrator for The Arrow Collar Man, Pierce Arrows, Sat. Evening Post, etc.

ryanlsumner: “For best results, dip in cooked starch.”: Arrow Soft Collars

ryanlsumner:

“For best results, dip in cooked starch.”: Arrow Soft Collars

(Source: fineanddandyshop.com)

ryanlsumner: Norfolk is the smart little high-low cutaway front collar that has appealed to so strongly to comfort-loving, manly men. Groomed stache FTW

ryanlsumner:

Norfolk is the smart little high-low cutaway front collar that has appealed to so strongly to comfort-loving, manly men.

Groomed stache FTW

ryanlsumner: Arrow Collars + a Boston Terrier + Stache.  Great Success.

ryanlsumner:

Arrow Collars + a Boston Terrier + Stache.  Great Success.

ryanlsumner: The Arrow Collar Man

ryanlsumner:

The Arrow Collar Man

amoderndandy: A wooden Telephone!  I love modern technology - but for a landline phone this is completely sufficient and at the same time it looks pleasant!

amoderndandy:

A wooden Telephone! 

I love modern technology - but for a landline phone this is completely sufficient and at the same time it looks pleasant!

amoderndandy: This is simply gorgeous! The suit I mean - her as well though…

amoderndandy:

This is simply gorgeous! The suit I mean - her as well though…

Pietro Magni - The Reading Girl (La Leggitrice), model 1856, carved 1861 - National Gallery of Art - this photo via

Pietro Magni - The Reading Girl (La Leggitrice), model 1856, carved 1861 - National Gallery of Art - this photo via

(via studyincontrasts)

windypoplarsroom: Los Orientalistas “La Princesse Hosni Chah”

windypoplarsroom:

Los Orientalistas

“La Princesse Hosni Chah”

(via studyincontrasts)

oldhollywood: Robert Mitchum in publicity still for Night of the Hunter (1955, dir. Charles Laughton) “You’re staring at my fingers. Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil? H-A-T-E! It was with this left hand that old brother Cain struck the blow that laid his brother low. L-O-V-E! You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul of man. The right hand, friends, the hand of love. Now watch, and I’ll show you the story of life. Those fingers, dear hearts, is always a-warring and a-tugging, one against the other.”

oldhollywood:

Robert Mitchum in publicity still for Night of the Hunter (1955, dir. Charles Laughton)

“You’re staring at my fingers. Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil?

H-A-T-E! It was with this left hand that old brother Cain struck the blow that laid his brother low. L-O-V-E! You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul of man. The right hand, friends, the hand of love. Now watch, and I’ll show you the story of life. Those fingers, dear hearts, is always a-warring and a-tugging, one against the other.”

(via atompunk)