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.

legrandcirque: Countess Sophie of Merenberg, Countess de Torby, ca. 1890s. Source: Library of Congress

legrandcirque:

Countess Sophie of Merenberg, Countess de Torby, ca. 1890s.

Source: Library of Congress

turner-d-century: garmafashion: Steampunk Seras Victoria 1 by *Insane-Pencil HiddenTalent1 as Seras Victoria, from “Hellsing,” at Metrocon 2012.

turner-d-century:

garmafashion:

Steampunk Seras Victoria 1 by *Insane-Pencil

HiddenTalent1 as Seras Victoria, from “Hellsing,” at Metrocon 2012.

spookyelric: I absolutely HAD to share this because it blows my MIND. I adore Yaya. I think she’s fantastic and I absolutely love where I work. And what happens? THOSE TWO THINGS ARE NOW COMBINED IN ONE AMAZING PHOTOSHOOT. My boss collaborated with Ms. Yaya to produce these GORGEOUS photos. This is only the first one but… I’M SQUEEING SO HARD RIGHT NOW! I just had to share this amazingness with everyone! Photo Cosplayer: Yaya Han Couture: Crimson Chain Leatherworks

spookyelric:

I absolutely HAD to share this because it blows my MIND. I adore Yaya. I think she’s fantastic and I absolutely love where I work. And what happens? THOSE TWO THINGS ARE NOW COMBINED IN ONE AMAZING PHOTOSHOOT. My boss collaborated with Ms. Yaya to produce these GORGEOUS photos. This is only the first one but… I’M SQUEEING SO HARD RIGHT NOW!

I just had to share this amazingness with everyone!

Photo

Cosplayer: Yaya Han

Couture: Crimson Chain Leatherworks

(via turner-d-century)

kvetchlandia: Brassaï     Paris     Undated “Beauty is not the purpose of creation, it is its reward. Its appearance, often late in the day, is no more than an indication that the disrupted equilibrium between man and nature has once again been restored by art.”  Brassaï 

kvetchlandia:

Brassaï     Paris     Undated

“Beauty is not the purpose of creation, it is its reward. Its appearance, often late in the day, is no more than an indication that the disrupted equilibrium between man and nature has once again been restored by art.”  Brassaï 

hollyhocksandtulips: Vogue, 1937 Photo by Toni Friselle

hollyhocksandtulips:

Vogue, 1937

Photo by Toni Friselle

motherdirectress: Original Caption: Day Off - Ida Lupino is all ready for a game of tennis on her day off from her current picture, Paramount’s artists and Models. The blonde “Little Princess” of Britain’s “Royal Family” is one of the best feminine court performers in the screen colony. 

motherdirectress:

Original Caption: Day Off - Ida Lupino is all ready for a game of tennis on her day off from her current picture, Paramount’s artists and Models. The blonde “Little Princess” of Britain’s “Royal Family” is one of the best feminine court performers in the screen colony. 

collective-history: Scurlock Studio, Elderly woman with crutches in rocking chair with Christmas cards and “God Bless Our Home” sign in the background, Alabama, 1937

collective-history:

Scurlock Studio, Elderly woman with crutches in rocking chair with Christmas cards and “God Bless Our Home” sign in the background, Alabama, 1937

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lace-me-tighter: The most gorgeous trench coat ever to be made.

lace-me-tighter:

The most gorgeous trench coat ever to be made.

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fantomas-en-cavale: Cecil Beaton- Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson on their wedding day, both dressed by the American designer Mainbocher, 1937 Edward, duc de Windsor, et Wallis Simpson le jour de leur mariage, tous les deux habillés par l’Américain Mainbocher

fantomas-en-cavale:

Cecil Beaton- Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson on their wedding day, both dressed by the American designer Mainbocher, 1937

Edward, duc de Windsor, et Wallis Simpson le jour de leur mariage, tous les deux habillés par l’Américain Mainbocher

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thefirstwaltz: Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, 1950, at Chatsworth House. 

thefirstwaltz:

Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, 1950, at Chatsworth House.