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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.

boxofshiny: Pears soap advertisement. From Punch, 1900. I love the lettering. Got out of Bed on the Wrong SideBut ~Pears’SoapMade-a-new-man-of-him~

boxofshiny:

Pears soap advertisement. From Punch, 1900. I love the lettering.

Got out of Bed on the Wrong Side
But ~
Pears’
Soap
Made-a-new-man-of-him~

romanze: Gene Tierney and Richard Widmark

romanze:

Gene Tierney and Richard Widmark

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demons: Say cheese!

demons:

Say cheese!

demons: The number three most wanted German general, Hermann Goering, captured.

demons:

The number three most wanted German general, Hermann Goering, captured.

demons: Air Force cadets jogging.

demons:

Air Force cadets jogging.

sallyella: 18th Century Phantom of the Opera - MotN by MadameGiry on deviantART.

sallyella:

18th Century Phantom of the Opera - MotN by MadameGiry on deviantART.

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antiquememes: Image ID: 93246 Service de Hollande 1781- 1795, Regiment de Meuron. Porte enseigne. 1781

antiquememes:

Image ID: 93246

Service de Hollande 1781- 1795, Regiment de Meuron. Porte enseigne. 1781

stilllifequickheart: Martin van DorneFlowers in a Glass Vase with Blackcurrants on a Ledge 18th century

stilllifequickheart:

Martin van Dorne

Flowers in a Glass Vase with Blackcurrants on a Ledge

18th century

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