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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.

questionableadvice: ~ STAR-Rite toaster ad, 1923  via The Toaster Museum Foundation(click to enlarge)“…it is a toast maker of rare accomplishments.”

questionableadvice:

~ STAR-Rite toaster ad, 1923 
via The Toaster Museum Foundation
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“…it is a toast maker of rare accomplishments.”

questionableadvice: ~ San Jose News, August 13, 1932(click to enlarge)

questionableadvice:

~ San Jose News, August 13, 1932
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oldbookillustrations: But the bishop knew better. A. B. Frost, from The associate hermits, by Frank Richard Stockton, New York, London, 1899. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

But the bishop knew better.

A. B. Frost, from The associate hermits, by Frank Richard Stockton, New York, London, 1899.

(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations: Can this be Sadler’s? A. B. Frost, from The associate hermits, by Frank Richard Stockton, New York, London, 1899. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Can this be Sadler’s?

A. B. Frost, from The associate hermits, by Frank Richard Stockton, New York, London, 1899.

(Source: archive.org)

airsunyi: An advertisement for a burlesque show, 1898.

airsunyi:

An advertisement for a burlesque show, 1898.

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oddresonance: Engraved Advertisement, California Optical Co., 1883

oddresonance:

Engraved Advertisement, California Optical Co., 1883

fripperiesandfobs: Queen Sophie of the Netherlands 1863 Franz Xavier Winterhalter

fripperiesandfobs:

Queen Sophie of the Netherlands

1863

Franz Xavier Winterhalter

(Source: araliaspinosa)

Holmes: Not until I’ve been to BlackheathLestrade: You mean Norwood.Holmes: No doubt that is what I must have meant.  - The Norwood Builder

Holmes: Not until I’ve been to Blackheath
Lestrade: You mean Norwood.
Holmes: No doubt that is what I must have meant. 

- The Norwood Builder

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lostsplendor: Kaiser Wilhelm II und Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm.  Click for Source.

lostsplendor:

Kaiser Wilhelm II und Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm.  Click for Source.