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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.

ayjay:

I thought the crazily great BLAST manifesto of 1914 deserved its own Twitter account, so I created it. Over the next few weeks the whole manifesto will be retweeted, though, alas, it won’t be possible to reproduce the remarkable typography.

Pall Mall series of National monuments no. 6. The Statue of Liberty, New York. (1914) “A 1914 Pall Mall advetisement, using Lady Liberty to exemplify the American freedoms that smoking brings!”

Pall Mall series of National monuments no. 6. The Statue of Liberty, New York. (1914)

“A 1914 Pall Mall advetisement, using Lady Liberty to exemplify the American freedoms that smoking brings!”

(Source: darkladyofthelowlands)

questionableadvice: ~ Lilydale Express, Friday, January 23, 1914via Trove“Wunderlich Metal Ceilings….They are hygenic, fire-proof, of decorative charm, and inexpensive, can be washed down and do not collect dust and vermin.”

questionableadvice:

~ Lilydale Express, Friday, January 23, 1914
via Trove

“Wunderlich Metal Ceilings….They are hygenic, fire-proof, of decorative charm, and inexpensive, can be washed down and do not collect dust and vermin.”

moltenyolk: Girl With A Fan, Lagartera, Spain 1914

moltenyolk:

Girl With A Fan, Lagartera, Spain

1914

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books0977: Egyptian Glide Oriental Tango Characteristic (1914). Alexander Maloof. Published by E.T. Paul Music Co., New York. The brothers William Austin Starmer and Frederick Waite Starmer illustrated innumerable covers dating from the early 1900s to the 1940s. Their work was of consistently high quality and they were turning out nearly a quarter of all large format covers from the late 1890s to around 1919.

books0977:

Egyptian Glide Oriental Tango Characteristic (1914). Alexander Maloof. Published by E.T. Paul Music Co., New York.

The brothers William Austin Starmer and Frederick Waite Starmer illustrated innumerable covers dating from the early 1900s to the 1940s. Their work was of consistently high quality and they were turning out nearly a quarter of all large format covers from the late 1890s to around 1919.

colourthysoul: Helen Galloway McNicoll - In the shadow of the tree (1914)

colourthysoul:

Helen Galloway McNicoll - In the shadow of the tree (1914)

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relishinrussia: Alphonse Mucha, The Abolition of Serfdom in Russia (1914).

relishinrussia:

Alphonse Mucha, The Abolition of Serfdom in Russia (1914).

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books0977: Advertisement for coffee substitute Postum with a surprising Sherlock Holmes tie-in. Published in the December 26, 1914 issue of JUDGE.  Holmes: “Did you observe, Watson, the trembling hand, the lack-lustre eye, the nervous attitude, the sallow skin, the fear of impending disaster? Clearly, that man is an inveterate coffee-drinker, and…” Watson: “What he needs is Postum.”  

books0977:

Advertisement for coffee substitute Postum with a surprising Sherlock Holmes tie-in. Published in the December 26, 1914 issue of JUDGE. 

Holmes: “Did you observe, Watson, the trembling hand, the lack-lustre eye, the nervous attitude, the sallow skin, the fear of impending disaster? Clearly, that man is an inveterate coffee-drinker, and…” Watson: “What he needs is Postum.”  

sameone: questionableadvice: ~ Schlitz Beer, 1914via Flickr“No skunky taste in Schlitz” Pure beer is food. I’ll drink to that!

sameone:

questionableadvice:

~ Schlitz Beer, 1914
via Flickr

“No skunky taste in Schlitz”

Pure beer is food.

I’ll drink to that!

historyofromanovs: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia in 1914, coloured by me. {x}

historyofromanovs:

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia in 1914, coloured by me. {x}