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.
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.
~ The Bourbon News, November 06, 1903
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~ Girl magazine, 1953
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~ Ladies’ Home Journal, October 1892
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~ The San Jose News, December 6, 1928
Too true Dorothy Mac. Even worse in these modern times ill-bred women swear. Even Tumblrs who harken back to better times swear and curse like dockworkers. I think that if you want to increase the classiness and glamour in today’s world - a small start would be not calling your Tumblr - F—- Yeah Etc.
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“Don’t Forget the Salvation Army (My Doughnut Girl)”
From Brown University’s collection of World War I sheet music.
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1906
Coca-Cola is pre-eminently the drink of Quality
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1908
Light coming from the keyboard was blinding me.
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