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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.

questionableadvice: ~ The Chicago Blue Book for the Year Ending 1892via Internet Archive(click to enlarge)“…insist on having Conly make your Buttons.” But only if you wish to join the Elite, the Fashionable and the Club Man.

questionableadvice:

~ The Chicago Blue Book for the Year Ending 1892
via Internet Archive
(click to enlarge)

“…insist on having Conly make your Buttons.”

But only if you wish to join the Elite, the Fashionable and the Club Man.

1910ish: my-ear-trumpet:trixietreats: Rossow Midgets, Mlle-Chalet the bounding queen, performance poster, ca. 1897 

1910ish:

my-ear-trumpet:trixietreats:

Rossow Midgets, Mlle-Chalet the bounding queen, performance poster, ca. 1897 

atelierentomologica: Illustration from Emblemata Nobilitati, Frankfurt 1592

atelierentomologica:

Illustration from Emblemata Nobilitati, Frankfurt 1592

demonagerie: ‘The sea coastes of Portugal betwene Camino & Montego, even as the countrie there aboutes is lying and situated with all the havens thereof exactly done, and corected with great dilligence.’ Theodore de Bry and Lucas Janz Waghenaer. London c. 1588

demonagerie:

‘The sea coastes of Portugal betwene Camino & Montego, even as the countrie there aboutes is lying and situated with all the havens thereof exactly done, and corected with great dilligence.’ Theodore de Bry and Lucas Janz Waghenaer. London c. 1588

demonagerie: Valenciennes - BM - ms. 0007, f. 176. Jonah being dumped into the sea. Bible, 2nd quarter of the 16th century.

demonagerie:

Valenciennes - BM - ms. 0007, f. 176. Jonah being dumped into the sea. Bible, 2nd quarter of the 16th century.

gdfalksen: Swiss pikemen and German landsknechts engaged in close quarters fighting, known as “push of pike” or “bad war”. This manner of fighting was extremely chaotic and brutal, and once soldiers got inside the range of each other’s pikes closer range weapons like swords and halberds became far more effective.

gdfalksen:

Swiss pikemen and German landsknechts engaged in close quarters fighting, known as “push of pike” or “bad war”. This manner of fighting was extremely chaotic and brutal, and once soldiers got inside the range of each other’s pikes closer range weapons like swords and halberds became far more effective.

toxidermist: Allegory of the Five Obstinate Monsters (c. 1575 - 1618) - Anon. by peacay on Flickr.

toxidermist:

Allegory of the Five Obstinate Monsters (c. 1575 - 1618) - Anon. by peacay on Flickr.

(Source: random-collector)

scarlettown: The Wounded Man, from Hans von Gersdorff’s Fieldbook of Surgery, 1517. Illustration by Hans Wechtlin

scarlettown:

The Wounded Man, from Hans von Gersdorff’s Fieldbook of Surgery, 1517. Illustration by Hans Wechtlin

steampunkd: Grant Imahara from Mythbusters guest stars in a new League of STEAM episode!

steampunkd:

Grant Imahara from Mythbusters guest stars in a new League of STEAM episode!

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red-phalaenopsis: This photography shows Madame Olga Novikoff in 1887. 

red-phalaenopsis:

This photography shows Madame Olga Novikoff in 1887. 

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