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.
Bookplate (1922). Owner:? A. D. Artist: Franz von Bayros (Austrian, 1866-1924). Don Quixote looks down on nude woman with books.
Franz von Bayros was a commercial artist, illustrator, and painter best known for his controversial “Tales at the Dressing Table” portfolio. Von Bayros belonged to the Decadent movement in art, often relying on erotic themes and phantasmagoric imagery.
La Vie Parisienne cover art by Rene Vincent by April 1922
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~ American Social Health Association, 1922
via University of Minnesota
“Don’t worry. Lead an active, healthy life and forget about sex matters.”
Words of wisdom.
MOVIEPOSTER OF THE DAY
Voici la magnifique affiche de BULLDOG DRUMMOND (1922). Un film d’Oscar Apfel.
Bulldog Drummond (1922) was the first film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond fictional character, starring Carlyle Blackwell Sr. and Evelyn Greeley, and directed by Oscar Apfel. The story was adapted by B.E. Doxat-Pratt and produced by Maurits Binger.
It is unknown whether any recording of the film survives, so the film may be a lost film.
~ The Cornhill Magazine, January 1922
“Don’t trifle with new and untried remedies, but use the preparation which has stood the Test of Time - 120 Years. Use it for your own and your children’s hair and you will find it nourishes, enriches, and restores it more effectually than any other preparation.”
Interesting note: have you ever wondered why old pictures show the chairs and sofas covered in doilies? No? OK, it’s just me….anyway the reason is that Macassar Oil and similar hair “treatments” were greasy and would stain the furniture. It was easier to wash a doily covered in hair oil then it was to get the stain out of the back of the chair, so ladies began covering everything with doilies. Now you know. Don’t you feel better? I know I do.
Typescript letter, with Tarzana Ranch letterhead, from American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) to ornithologist Ruthven Deane (1851-1953) in which he explains the design and significance of his bookplate. (HT Wikipedia)
La Liseuse (1922). Félix Vallotton (Swiss-born French, 1865-1925).
As a painter, graphic designer, and writer, Vallotton became one of the most significant representatives of symbolism. Vallotton studied at the Académie Julian under Lefèvre and Gustave Boulanger.
Starting in 1885, he exhibited at the salon of the Société d’Art Français and became a member of the Salon d’Art Independent in 1891.
June 13, 1922: Veterans Bureau employee Viola LaLonde and Census Bureau employee Elizabeth Van Tuyl pose beside a Ford automobile before making their cross-country drive from Washington, DC to San Francisco. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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