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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.

ivegotabike: Still from Noidan kirot (The Curses of the Witch, 1927). It’s one of the few Finnish horror movies.

ivegotabike:

Still from Noidan kirot (The Curses of the Witch, 1927). It’s one of the few Finnish horror movies.

(via metalshell)

fyeahsixtiesmusic:

A Whiter Shade of Pale — Procol Harum

(via thegeekmaster)

(via aimishboy)

oddresonance: Geniuses of death: Otto von Bismarck (lithograph) Edmond Jean Baptiste Guillaume

oddresonance:

Geniuses of death: Otto von Bismarck (lithograph)

Edmond Jean Baptiste Guillaume

aldoushuxley: Edgar Degas, René de Gas, 1855.

aldoushuxley:

Edgar Degas, René de Gas, 1855.

stilllifequickheart: François Bonvin Still Life with Book, Papers and Inkwell 1876

stilllifequickheart:

François Bonvin

Still Life with Book, Papers and Inkwell

1876

historyfan: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. By John Partridge. 1840.

historyfan:

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

By John Partridge. 1840.

(Source: vouzou, via southern-silver)

amoderndandy: This is somehow so wrong - but it’s also so amazing!

amoderndandy:

This is somehow so wrong - but it’s also so amazing!

(Source: havssol)

amoderndandy: egadegadegad: Lest anyone think that drag kings are a contemporary phenomenon, consider the case of Vesta Tilley, real name Matilda Powles. As Vesta grew up, she began to prefer playing male parts, saying that “I felt that I could express myself better if I were dressed as a boy”, and eventually came to portray them exclusively. Although ostensibly her crossdressing was a theatrical device, she also made publicity appearances in public in full male drag and never breaking character. She was especially popular with women who saw her as a symbol of emancipation, and enjoyed her musical repertoire which almost always deconstructed gender roles in a playful way. This is fascinating! I’ll try to find out more about her!

amoderndandy:

egadegadegad:

Lest anyone think that drag kings are a contemporary phenomenon, consider the case of Vesta Tilley, real name Matilda Powles.

As Vesta grew up, she began to prefer playing male parts, saying that “I felt that I could express myself better if I were dressed as a boy”, and eventually came to portray them exclusively. Although ostensibly her crossdressing was a theatrical device, she also made publicity appearances in public in full male drag and never breaking character. She was especially popular with women who saw her as a symbol of emancipation, and enjoyed her musical repertoire which almost always deconstructed gender roles in a playful way.

This is fascinating! I’ll try to find out more about her!