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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.

Beauty

Beauty

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perstephsanscouronne: Princely manhood ftw Character IS Power

perstephsanscouronne:

Princely manhood ftw

Character IS Power

(Source: zerogate)

Attention! Canadian Grenadier Guards now recruting.

Attention! Canadian Grenadier Guards now recruting.

(Source: thatalbertanguy)

British Empire flags. I notice Tasmania is apparently not considered as part of Australia.

British Empire flags. I notice Tasmania is apparently not considered as part of Australia.

(Source: thatalbertanguy)

labellefilleart: Mrs. Adolph Hirsh, John Singer Sargent

labellefilleart:

Mrs. Adolph Hirsh, John Singer Sargent


maudelynn: Alfred Vanderbilt c.1907

maudelynn:

Alfred Vanderbilt c.1907

denise-puchol: rockaway hunt club bain 1913

denise-puchol:

rockaway hunt club

bain 1913

(Source: denisebefore)

yeoldenews: As much as I don’t support big game hunting, and despite my literary-fueled desire to see this white rhino turn in to a Moby Dick-type situation, you’ve gotta admit it. Teddy Roosevelt was a badass. (source: The Daytona Daily News, January 8, 1910.)

yeoldenews:

As much as I don’t support big game hunting, and despite my literary-fueled desire to see this white rhino turn in to a Moby Dick-type situation, you’ve gotta admit it.

Teddy Roosevelt was a badass.

(source: The Daytona Daily News, January 8, 1910.)

legrandcirque: Philip Bergen, Billy Park’s Restaurant, Bosworth St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1893.

legrandcirque:

Philip Bergen, Billy Park’s Restaurant, Bosworth St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1893.

lucynic83: The final touch before going out is to touch your ears with a bit of your favorite perfume. Rita Hayworth, Columbia contract player, uses a lighter fragrance  in the summertime, leaving the heavier odors to accompany the furs and woolens of the cooler seasons (1938)

lucynic83:

The final touch before going out is to touch your ears with a bit of your favorite perfume. Rita Hayworth, Columbia contract player, uses a lighter fragrance  in the summertime, leaving the heavier odors to accompany the furs and woolens of the cooler seasons (1938)

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