portrait-photo

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.

Soviet propaganda

(Source: ouroboros-is-broken)

jenbebe: From an ad for the De Soto, 1945. 

jenbebe:

From an ad for the De Soto, 1945. 

mothgirlwings: Jane Greer c. 1940s

mothgirlwings:

Jane Greer

c. 1940s

firelily:

Bob Crosby and the Bob Cats - Don’t call me boy

A delicious treat from the age of swing :)

Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth

(Source: valentinovamp)

allrightmrdemille: Woman working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber, Tennessee, 1943 via LOC

allrightmrdemille:

Woman working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber, Tennessee, 1943

via LOC

(Source: adelinedespanet)

allrightmrdemille: Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour & Veronica Lake, Star Spangled Rhythm, 1943 via

allrightmrdemille:

Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour & Veronica Lake, Star Spangled Rhythm, 1943

via

(Source: adelinedespanet)

mudwerks: Soft Film 軟性電影: Noel Toy: Our Lady of Feathers Here’s another fab spread showcasing Noel Toy and her terpsichorean art that appeared in the cheesecake tabloid CO-EDS (May 1942). The photos are accompanied by their original captions…

mudwerks:

Soft Film 軟性電影: Noel Toy: Our Lady of Feathers

Here’s another fab spread showcasing Noel Toy and her terpsichorean art that appeared in the cheesecake tabloid CO-EDS (May 1942). The photos are accompanied by their original captions…

antiquememes: Image ID: 1111695 [Purple dress with flowers.] (1816)

antiquememes:

Image ID: 1111695

[Purple dress with flowers.] (1816)

iwriteasiwrite: Cover of the previously mentioned Harper’s Pictorial History of the War with Spain. 

iwriteasiwrite:

Cover of the previously mentioned Harper’s Pictorial History of the War with Spain.