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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.

I hate when people post interesting images without any explanation of what we are looking at. After two minutes of googling I found that the Images are of the Meigs Elevated Railway taken from Scientific American (July 10, 1886)

(Source: cloudcircus)

vcrfl: Ernest George: Fleet Street, 1886.

vcrfl:

Ernest George: Fleet Street, 1886.

(Source: 1880s)

treselegant: “I will marry for position…that is the truth.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant:

“I will marry for position…that is the truth.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant: “Levers of this class had gone out of use.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant:

“Levers of this class had gone out of use.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

nobilior: Great Saint Helen’s, Bishopgate, City of London, 1886, photographed by Henry Dixon.

nobilior:

Great Saint Helen’s, Bishopgate, City of London, 1886, photographed by Henry Dixon.

treselegant: “The party turned their faces towards us and slowly approached.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant:

“The party turned their faces towards us and slowly approached.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant: “Then Madge said, ‘Oh, how she will hate me!’” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant:

“Then Madge said, ‘Oh, how she will hate me!’”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

lisa-pizza-the-younger: treselegant: “The study window stood wide open.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886. You know you read too many Victorian novels when you perceive this photo as incredibly erotic. Voyeurism!

lisa-pizza-the-younger:

treselegant:

“The study window stood wide open.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

You know you read too many Victorian novels when you perceive this photo as incredibly erotic. Voyeurism!

treselegant: “‘One minute only, Chérie!’ He answered.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886. “I just love it when you speak French!”

treselegant:

“‘One minute only, Chérie!’ He answered.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

“I just love it when you speak French!”

treselegant: ‘The last sweet thing.’ Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant:

‘The last sweet thing.’

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.