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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: ~ Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal, June 1909“Jones Speedometer will keep you out of the clutches of the law.”

questionableadvice:

~ Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal, June 1909

“Jones Speedometer will keep you out of the clutches of the law.”

questionableadvice: ~ The Pacific Monthly, July - January 1909“There can be no question that the HOWARD is the watch for the aviator.” Little known problems facing an aviator.

questionableadvice:

~ The Pacific Monthly, July - January 1909

“There can be no question that the HOWARD is the watch for the aviator.”

Little known problems facing an aviator.

monsieurleprince: Harrison Fisher (1875 - 1934) - A Lady and her Suitor, 1909

monsieurleprince:

Harrison Fisher (1875 - 1934) - A Lady and her Suitor, 1909

questionableadvice: ~ The Pacific Monthly (vol. 12), July-January 1909 “There’s Nothing as Delicious as Digestible Pancakes”

questionableadvice:

~ The Pacific Monthly (vol. 12), July-January 1909 

“There’s Nothing as Delicious as Digestible Pancakes”

paperimages: Ernest Bieler (1863-1948)  -  Portrait of Edouard Rod, 1909

paperimages:

Ernest Bieler (1863-1948)  -  Portrait of Edouard Rod, 1909

(via afrotraditionalist)

questionableadvice: ~ Anderson Electric Car Company, July 19-25, 1909via University of Washington Libraries“…they assure that comfortable feeling when approaching a steep hill.” “The ‘Detroit’ Electric Roadster is the great favorite with the Society Girls”

questionableadvice:

~ Anderson Electric Car Company, July 19-25, 1909
via University of Washington Libraries

“…they assure that comfortable feeling when approaching a steep hill.”

“The ‘Detroit’ Electric Roadster is the great favorite with the Society Girls”

finntellectual: Curious pedestrians look on as the Bayersdorfer-Yager airship Comet flies over Houghton, Michigan, in 1909. (From the Michigan Technological University Archives)

finntellectual:

Curious pedestrians look on as the Bayersdorfer-Yager airship Comet flies over Houghton, Michigan, in 1909.

(From the Michigan Technological University Archives)

jennywrenfrankenstein: Love Among the Chickens by P.G. Wodehouse Front cover and spine of 1st US (1909) edition of Love Among the Chickens

jennywrenfrankenstein:

Love Among the Chickens by P.G. Wodehouse

Front cover and spine of 1st US (1909) edition of Love Among the Chickens

sadburro: Le Petit Parisien from October 3, 1909 reports on a fatal shooting between women in Chicago. #real housewives of chicago 1909 

sadburro:

Le Petit Parisien from October 3, 1909 reports on a fatal shooting between women in Chicago.

#real housewives of chicago 1909 

diaryofalandlockedmermaid:

Frontispiece and cover for a 1909 edition of Jane Austen’s Emma, illustrations by C.E. Brock.