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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: ~ The English Review, February 1916 The fascination of good stationery

questionableadvice:

~ The English Review, February 1916

The fascination of good stationery

questionableadvice: ~ Berne High School Yearbook, 1916 (Berne, Indiana)“The Conklin Self-Filling Fountain Pen - Won’t roll off the desk.”

questionableadvice:

~ Berne High School Yearbook, 1916 (Berne, Indiana)

“The Conklin Self-Filling Fountain Pen - Won’t roll off the desk.”

Dry Goods Review (January 1916)

Dry Goods Review (January 1916)

(Source: abject-reptile, via circusofsplendor)

The Counter-Revolutionary Blog: German-Texan postcard (1916) expressing solidarity with Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Kaiser Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary…and The Alamo.

The Counter-Revolutionary Blog:

German-Texan postcard (1916) expressing solidarity with Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Kaiser Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary…and The Alamo.
selcouth-antipodian: Zouaves, c.1916. More here at The Steamer’s Trunk

selcouth-antipodian:

Zouaves, c.1916.

More here at The Steamer’s Trunk

obsidian-sphere: 1916- Cover Metropolitan July - Willy Pogány by carlylehold on Flickr.

obsidian-sphere:

1916- Cover Metropolitan July - Willy Pogány by carlylehold on Flickr.

questionableadvice: ~ Berne High School Yearbook, 1916 (Berne, Ind.)via Internet Archive“Some people have not much music in their head but have a lot of it in their feet. … So get an instrument that can be played with your feet.”

questionableadvice:

~ Berne High School Yearbook, 1916 (Berne, Ind.)
via Internet Archive

“Some people have not much music in their head but have a lot of it in their feet. … So get an instrument that can be played with your feet.”

The Double Take | A Small Bottle of Lilac Imperial (1916)

The Double Take | A Small Bottle of Lilac Imperial (1916)

(Source: lidianblog.blogspot.com.au)

thorsteinulf: Charles Ernest Butler - Blood and Iron (1916) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/wars_conflict/art/art_frontline_gal_02.shtml

thorsteinulf:

Charles Ernest Butler - Blood and Iron (1916)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/wars_conflict/art/art_frontline_gal_02.shtml

theloudestvoice: Happy birthday Marin Sais (August 2, 1890 - December 31, 1971) Shown above (top right, along with co-star Ollie Kirby*, lower left) in an ad for The Social Pirates (1916), a serial in which “two women finally tire of being taken advantage of by men, and vow that they will stop these cads from preying on helpless young girls” (IMDb). That’s the struggle of the ages! *(Ollie Kirby was sometimes billed as “Ollie Kirkby,” “Ollie Kirke,” or “Olive Kirby”)

theloudestvoice:

Happy birthday Marin Sais (August 2, 1890 - December 31, 1971)

Shown above (top right, along with co-star Ollie Kirby*, lower left) in an ad for The Social Pirates (1916), a serial in which “two women finally tire of being taken advantage of by men, and vow that they will stop these cads from preying on helpless young girls” (IMDb). That’s the struggle of the ages!

*(Ollie Kirby was sometimes billed as “Ollie Kirkby,” “Ollie Kirke,” or “Olive Kirby”)