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.

stellar-raven: The Captain and the Mate (1873) by James Jacques Joseph Tissot.

stellar-raven:

The Captain and the Mate (1873) by James Jacques Joseph Tissot.

life: A nineteenth century automatic “saluting device.” Genius. Digg: In Praise of Clever, Crazy Patents | http://on.life.com/bvuWTc SCIENCE!!

life:

A nineteenth century automatic “saluting device.” Genius.

Digg: In Praise of Clever, Crazy Patents | http://on.life.com/bvuWTc

SCIENCE!!

seductionoftheinnocent: River Tam and The Fireflies (HT The Black Campbell)

seductionoftheinnocent:

River Tam and The Fireflies (HT The Black Campbell)

(via turner-d-century)

Czar Nicholas II

Czar Nicholas II

(Source: romanovs)

romanovs: Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, center. 

romanovs:

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, center. 

thefirstwaltz: Helene, Duchess of Aosta.

thefirstwaltz:

Helene, Duchess of Aosta.

questionableadvice: ~ poster promoting Social Security, 1937 via Found in Mom’s Basement

questionableadvice:

~ poster promoting Social Security, 1937
via Found in Mom’s Basement

thefirstwaltz: (via romanovs)

thefirstwaltz:

(via romanovs)

questionableadvice: ~ “Woman’s Weekly” magazine - July 6, 1935 via 20th Century London

questionableadvice:

~ “Woman’s Weekly” magazine - July 6, 1935
via 20th Century London

thefirstwaltz: Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 

thefirstwaltz:

Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.