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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.

legrandcirque: Suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst in prison, ca. 1911.

legrandcirque:

Suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst in prison, ca. 1911.

legrandcirque: William Downey, Lillie Langtry, August 1885. Source: National Archives UK

legrandcirque:

William Downey, Lillie Langtry, August 1885.

Source: National Archives UK

thegeekevee: Picture from my latest gig. Dressed in my Victorian doll outfit ready to go on stage.

thegeekevee:

Picture from my latest gig. Dressed in my Victorian doll outfit ready to go on stage.

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savage-america: The 10 Worst Book Covers In The History Of Literature

savage-america:

The 10 Worst Book Covers In The History Of Literature

saisonciel: Marie Doro, c. 1902

saisonciel:

Marie Doro, c. 1902

mediumaevum: Impressive library of Melk Abbey, with countless medieval manuscripts, including a famed collection of musical manuscripts and frescos by Paul Troger. In his well-known novel The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco named one of the protagonists “Adson von Melk” as a tribute to the abbey and its famous library. Melk Abbey or Stift Melk is an Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world’s most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley.

mediumaevum:

Impressive library of Melk Abbey, with countless medieval manuscripts, including a famed collection of musical manuscripts and frescos by Paul Troger.

In his well-known novel The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco named one of the protagonists “Adson von Melk” as a tribute to the abbey and its famous library.

Melk Abbey or Stift Melk is an Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world’s most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley.

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artmastered: Enigma of the Hour by Giorgio de Chirico, 1911

artmastered:

Enigma of the Hour by Giorgio de Chirico, 1911

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fantomas-en-cavale: Robe dans le style Zeppelin, Berlin, vers 1930

fantomas-en-cavale:

Robe dans le style Zeppelin, Berlin, vers 1930

japan-photo: Summertime #3 Kôyô Kageyama: «Mogas in beach pyjama fashion», 1928

japan-photo:

Summertime #3

Kôyô Kageyama: «Mogas in beach pyjama fashion», 1928

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"Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he usually proves that he is one himself."

— H. L. Mencken (via historical-nonfiction)

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