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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.

desireexelyda: And don’t you dare forget it. 

desireexelyda:

And don’t you dare forget it. 

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drakecaperton: L’etoile de Mer, by Leonnec La Vie Parisienne

drakecaperton:

L’etoile de Mer, by Leonnec

La Vie Parisienne

elizabethacason: Washington, D.C., circa 1920. “Munger Motor & Mfg. Co., front.” A bicycle shop in a Pabst brewery? You have to be pulling my leg! This is the cheap American buckaroo’s dream! This is everything that matters! Keep that glint in your eyes, kids, ‘cause I bet they’re serving vegan hot dogs and fro-yo next door! Hold that telegram! “Produce From Farm to Home.” Hot damn! You mean like a food co-op? Hot damn! Check your iPhone for departure times ‘cause I’m getting on the next trolley to take me back to D.C. circa 1920!

elizabethacason:

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. “Munger Motor & Mfg. Co., front.”

A bicycle shop in a Pabst brewery? You have to be pulling my leg! This is the cheap American buckaroo’s dream! This is everything that matters! Keep that glint in your eyes, kids, ‘cause I bet they’re serving vegan hot dogs and fro-yo next door! Hold that telegram! “Produce From Farm to Home.” Hot damn! You mean like a food co-op? Hot damn! Check your iPhone for departure times ‘cause I’m getting on the next trolley to take me back to D.C. circa 1920!

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turner-d-century: shawnofthedead: turner-d-century: shawnofthedead: f—k yeah. What comic is this from? s.h.i.e.l.d. Thank you good Sir.

turner-d-century:

shawnofthedead:

turner-d-century:

shawnofthedead:

f—k yeah.

What comic is this from?

s.h.i.e.l.d.

Thank you good Sir.

jennydreadful: viahttp://vintage-spirit.blogspot.com/2010/06/metropolitan-willy-pogany-1916.html

jennydreadful:

viahttp://vintage-spirit.blogspot.com/2010/06/metropolitan-willy-pogany-1916.html

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theshipthatflew: Being a MISCELLANY of Curious and Interesting Songs, Ballads, Tales, Histories, & c.; adorned with a variety of pictures and very delightful to read; newly composed by MANY CELEBRATED WRITERS; To which are annex’d a LARGE COLLECTION of Notices of BOOKS c. 1894-1896, Will Bradley, via NYPL Is there anything better than a chapbook?

theshipthatflew:

Being a MISCELLANY of Curious and Interesting Songs, Ballads, Tales, Histories, & c.; adorned with a variety of pictures and very delightful to read; newly composed by MANY CELEBRATED WRITERS; To which are annex’d a LARGE COLLECTION of Notices of BOOKS

c. 1894-1896, Will Bradley, via NYPL

Is there anything better than a chapbook?

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stilllifequickheart: Peder Ilsted Woman Sewing by the Window 1886

stilllifequickheart:

Peder Ilsted

Woman Sewing by the Window

1886

bygoneyears: The Charity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1895

bygoneyears:

The Charity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1895

oldbookillustrations: Éloa. From Le Portefeuille d’un Très Vieux Garçon (The Wallet of a Very Old Bachelor), by Albert Robida, illustrated by the author, Paris, 1885. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Éloa.

From Le Portefeuille d’un Très Vieux Garçon (The Wallet of a Very Old Bachelor), by Albert Robida, illustrated by the author, Paris, 1885.

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oldbookillustrations: Headpiece vignette to chapter one, From Le Portefeuille d’un Très Vieux Garçon (The Wallet of a Very Old Bachelor), by Albert Robida, illustrated by the author, Paris, 1885. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Headpiece vignette to chapter one, From Le Portefeuille d’un Très Vieux Garçon (The Wallet of a Very Old Bachelor), by Albert Robida, illustrated by the author, Paris, 1885.

(Source: archive.org)