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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.

gdfalksen: Edward Penfield, 1908 (via Animalarium)

gdfalksen:

Edward Penfield, 1908 (via Animalarium)

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books0977: Bookplate. Ignacy Paderewski. Artist: William P Barrett. 1908. Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941), a virtuoso pianist, composer, politician (the first Prime Minister of independent Poland after World War I), humanitarian and orator, was universally acclaimed as a “Modern Immortal” by his contemporaries.

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Bookplate. Ignacy Paderewski. Artist: William P Barrett. 1908.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941), a virtuoso pianist, composer, politician (the first Prime Minister of independent Poland after World War I), humanitarian and orator, was universally acclaimed as a “Modern Immortal” by his contemporaries.

books0977: La Lettre (1908). Jean Béraud (French, 1849–1935). Oil on canvas. Béraud was a student of Léon Bonnat, and exhibited his paintings at the Salon for the first time in 1872. He painted many scenes of Parisian daily life during the Belle Époque in a style that stands somewhere between the academic art of the Salon and that of Impressionists. He received the Légion d’honneur in 1894. 

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La Lettre (1908). Jean Béraud (French, 1849–1935). Oil on canvas.

Béraud was a student of Léon Bonnat, and exhibited his paintings at the Salon for the first time in 1872. He painted many scenes of Parisian daily life during the Belle Époque in a style that stands somewhere between the academic art of the Salon and that of Impressionists. He received the Légion d’honneur in 1894. 

spellbound-one: London 1908

spellbound-one:

London 1908

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questionableadvice: ~ American Thermos Bottle Company, 1908via Flickr “THERMOS is with Peary at the North PoleTHERMOS is with Teddy in Africa”

questionableadvice:

~ American Thermos Bottle Company, 1908
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“THERMOS is with Peary at the North Pole
THERMOS is with Teddy in Africa”

Guernsey Moore, Edison Phonographs, 1908  From Taschen’s “All-American Ads 1900-1919”. (via Gatoochy)

Guernsey Moore, Edison Phonographs, 1908 
From Taschen’s “All-American Ads 1900-1919”.
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dandyads: Seaboard Air Line, 1908

dandyads:

Seaboard Air Line, 1908

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darkladyofthelowlands: Cover of Dutch magazine “De Gracieuse” published  on November 16 1908.

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Cover of Dutch magazine “De Gracieuse” published  on November 16 1908.

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bassman5911: William Robinson Leigh. “Visionary City” (1908). (via)

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William Robinson Leigh. “Visionary City” (1908). (via)

questionableadvice: ~ The Birmingham Press, Thursday, January 9, 1908 (Birmingham, New York)via Old Fulton New York Post Cards“We waste a lot of time tying our shoes,” said Mr. Crocker today … “Sometimes they come untied and we have to stop and tie them up again.” One of the unsung geniuses of our Time.

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~ The Birmingham Press, Thursday, January 9, 1908 (Birmingham, New York)
via Old Fulton New York Post Cards

“We waste a lot of time tying our shoes,” said Mr. Crocker today … “Sometimes they come untied and we have to stop and tie them up again.”

One of the unsung geniuses of our Time.