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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.

castaroundlesmodes: Robe d’aprés-midi par Redfern, 1903.

castaroundlesmodes:

Robe d’aprés-midi par Redfern, 1903.

castaroundlesmodes: Robe de diner par Rouff, 1903.

castaroundlesmodes:

Robe de diner par Rouff, 1903.

zombienormal: Eugen Spiro, Jugend magazine cover art, 1903. Via.

zombienormal:

Eugen Spiro, Jugend magazine cover art, 1903.

Via.

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questionableadvice: ~ The Whittier Register, August 7, 1903via Whittier Digital Archives“If you are so fortunate as not to know everything, you will find that the opportunity to know is unlimited.”

questionableadvice:

~ The Whittier Register, August 7, 1903
via Whittier Digital Archives

“If you are so fortunate as not to know everything, you will find that the opportunity to know is unlimited.”

lostsplendor:

Miss Jean Alwin: England,  1903 (via)

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questionableadvice: ~ Grand Rapids Wholesale Opticians, 1903via MediaMed We don’t need no stinkin’ Opthamologists, we got the ‘Ocularscope’

questionableadvice:

~ Grand Rapids Wholesale Opticians, 1903
via MediaMed

We don’t need no stinkin’ Opthamologists, we got the ‘Ocularscope’

silezukuk: natgeofound: Alexander Graham Bell and [his wife] Mabel kissing within a tetrahedral kite, October 1903.

silezukuk:

natgeofound: Alexander Graham Bell and [his wife] Mabel kissing within a tetrahedral kite, October 1903.

questionableadvice: ~ Chicago Blue Book, 1903via Internet Archive“A practical machine for household use”Note: The Garis-Cochran Dish-Washing Machine Company was established by Josephine Cochrane in 1897. After her death the company became part of KitchenAid. (via National Inventors Hall of Fame)

questionableadvice:

~ Chicago Blue Book, 1903
via Internet Archive

“A practical machine for household use”

Note: The Garis-Cochran Dish-Washing Machine Company was established by Josephine Cochrane in 1897. After her death the company became part of KitchenAid. (via National Inventors Hall of Fame)

moika-palace: Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia dressed in a XVII century Russian costume for the Romanov Imperial Ball, April 1903.

moika-palace:

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia dressed in a XVII century Russian costume for the Romanov Imperial Ball, April 1903.

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yanguang: Punch magazine, 1903. Growing up, I would learn of stories of how folks would be shipped to the States during the California Gold Rush. My grandfather lived during those times. A great difference it would be if he had sailed West instead of South as he did.

yanguang:

Punch magazine, 1903.

Growing up, I would learn of stories of how folks would be shipped to the States during the California Gold Rush. My grandfather lived during those times. A great difference it would be if he had sailed West instead of South as he did.