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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.

Female Suffrage, Male Suffering (Fun, June 12, 1875) via Patriactionary | Humour Interlude: Offend a Suffragette Edition

Female Suffrage, Male Suffering (Fun, June 12, 1875)

via Patriactionary | Humour Interlude: Offend a Suffragette Edition

thefuzzydave: I needs t’get me some Zeus Loungearounds

thefuzzydave:

I needs t’get me some Zeus Loungearounds

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valkyrien: gorgonetta: theeverydaygoth: treselegant: “Caroline obtains possession of the letter.” Cassell’s Family Paper, 1864.  This is the 19th century version of what happens when people try to read my text messages. She put that chump-ass motherf*****r on the floor so much for “Victorian ladies were dainty and fainted a lot” She’s clearly about to go in for the time-honoured Crotch-Stomp-Heel-Grind move. Classic.

valkyrien:

gorgonetta:

theeverydaygoth:

treselegant:

“Caroline obtains possession of the letter.”

Cassell’s Family Paper, 1864. 

This is the 19th century version of what happens when people try to read my text messages.

She put that chump-ass motherf*****r on the floor

so much for “Victorian ladies were dainty and fainted a lot”

She’s clearly about to go in for the time-honoured Crotch-Stomp-Heel-Grind move. Classic.

suedahnimes: Miliner - by Teresa Oaxaca

suedahnimes:

Miliner - by Teresa Oaxaca

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cavetocanvas: Alfred Sisley, Effet de Neige (Snow Effect), c. 1880-85 From the National Galleries of Scotland: This pastel drawing shows the distant buildings of the railway station in the village of Veneux-Nadon where Sisley was living. He often gave his pictures a title based on a particular ‘effect’. Here he focuses on the frozen winter landscape surrounding the railway station. The close cropping of the scene gives the impression that it was observed through a window. The composition is very geometric: the bare sides of walls, railings and roof eaves run horizontally, while the slender trees and fence poles cut vertically through the scene. The blanket covering of white snow has obliterated many of the features of the landscape, making these uncovered forms stark and more visible. Sisley depicted this scene a number of times in the early 1880s.

cavetocanvas:

Alfred Sisley, Effet de Neige (Snow Effect), c. 1880-85

From the National Galleries of Scotland:

This pastel drawing shows the distant buildings of the railway station in the village of Veneux-Nadon where Sisley was living. He often gave his pictures a title based on a particular ‘effect’. Here he focuses on the frozen winter landscape surrounding the railway station. The close cropping of the scene gives the impression that it was observed through a window. The composition is very geometric: the bare sides of walls, railings and roof eaves run horizontally, while the slender trees and fence poles cut vertically through the scene. The blanket covering of white snow has obliterated many of the features of the landscape, making these uncovered forms stark and more visible. Sisley depicted this scene a number of times in the early 1880s.

kateoplis: 6 Lost Olympic Sports: Live Pigeon Shooting The rules of the game were straightforward: Shoot down as many birds as possible in the allotted time, with two misses resulting in elimination. The event—in which Australia’s Donald MacIntosh [above at the 1900 Paris games] took the bronze—was predictably messy, which may have contributed to pigeon shooting’s brief Olympic life span. Makes me proud to be Australian.

kateoplis:

6 Lost Olympic Sports: Live Pigeon Shooting

The rules of the game were straightforward: Shoot down as many birds as possible in the allotted time, with two misses resulting in elimination. The event—in which Australia’s Donald MacIntosh [above at the 1900 Paris games] took the bronze—was predictably messy, which may have contributed to pigeon shooting’s brief Olympic life span.

Makes me proud to be Australian.

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lostsplendor: Bristol, 1914 (by brizzle born and bred)

lostsplendor:

Bristol, 1914 (by brizzle born and bred)

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theformofbeauty: German Spas: Where Nature Cures. From the 1920s-1930s collection of travel posters at the Los Angeles Public Library.

theformofbeauty:

German Spas: Where Nature Cures.

From the 1920s-1930s collection of travel posters at the Los Angeles Public Library.

atompunk: pikitiapress: John Dixon on W. E. Johns’s Biggles The Adventures of Biggles was, in fact, the name of the comic book published and created in Australia by Action Comics Pty. Ltd. (Sydney), launched in the early 1950s to capitalise on both the popularity of the Biggles books amongst Australian readers, and on the Australian-produced radio serial, The Air Adventures of Biggles, which was broadcast on numerous commercial networks during 1949-54.

atompunk:

pikitiapress:

John Dixon on W. E. Johns’s Biggles

The Adventures of Biggles was, in fact, the name of the comic book published and created in Australia by Action Comics Pty. Ltd. (Sydney), launched in the early 1950s to capitalise on both the popularity of the Biggles books amongst Australian readers, and on the Australian-produced radio serial, The Air Adventures of Biggles, which was broadcast on numerous commercial networks during 1949-54.

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toutpetitlaplanete: Petrus van Schendel - A Busy Night Market with Vegetable Stall, 1851

toutpetitlaplanete:

Petrus van Schendel - A Busy Night Market with Vegetable Stall, 1851