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.
Radium as a Test for Real Diamonds
“At the approach of Radium pure gems are thrown into great brilliancy, while imitations remain dull.”
I can imagine a jeweler would be thrilled to have you bring in a chunk of radium whilst shopping for an engagement ring.
The Boy’s Second Book of Inventions. Roy Stannard Baker, 1909.
One of the one hundred and one things that Edwardians thought Radium was good for including health drinks like Radithor.
From a photoshoot accompanying a New York Times article (November 11, 2009) describing a Victorian clothing revival.
Note they are tintype photographs to give it that authentic Victorian feel.
(Source: hotinperiodclothing, via plenilune)
A B-25 bomber crashes into the Empire State Building on the morning of July 28, 1945. New York Times photographer Ernie Sisto had two of his friends hold his belt while he dangled off the side of the building to snap this photo.
True hot blooded photojournalism bitches!
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Derweze, also known as the door to hell, is a 70 meter wide hole in the middle of the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan. The hole was formed in 1971 when a team of soviet geologists had their drilling rig collapse when they hit a cavern filled with natural gas. In an attempt to avoid poisonous discharge, they decided to burn it off, thinking that the gas would be depleted in only a few days. Derweze is still burning today
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The Studio on the Rue de Furstenberg, Jean Frederic Bazille. French Impressionist painter (1841 – 1870)
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Still-Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase1790-1795 | Oil on panel | 320 x 270 mmPrivate collectionLouis Léopold Boilly | 1761-1845
The Succouring of Saint Sebastian by Nicolas Regnier c.1620-30
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HD Channel: “Losers: Flush” by Tom Werber
Losers — ‘Flush’ featuring Riz MC & Envy (official video)
