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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.

kvetchlandia: Brassaï      Kiki at the Cabaret des Fleurs, Montparnasse, Paris     c.1932

kvetchlandia:

Brassaï      Kiki at the Cabaret des Fleurs, Montparnasse, Paris     c.1932

“My advice to you is to keep away from bad company!”

Joan Crawford in Rain (1932)

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amemuette: Lew with Roy Fox and his band at the Monseigneur, 1932.

amemuette:

Lew with Roy Fox and his band at the Monseigneur, 1932.

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asaucerfulofwheels:

Salon International de l’Automobile et du Cycle - Genève

1930 & 1932

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blueberryvintage: kay francis and william powell in “jewel robbery,” 1932

blueberryvintage:

kay francis and william powell in “jewel robbery,” 1932

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books0977: Vogue Cover, September 1932. André Édouard Marty or A. É. Marty (French, Art Deco, 1882-1974). Marty also had illustrations published in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, House & Garden, Le Sourire, Fémina, Modes et Manières d’Aujord’hui and Comoedia Illustre, among others.

books0977:

Vogue Cover, September 1932. André Édouard Marty or A. É. Marty (French, Art Deco, 1882-1974).

Marty also had illustrations published in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, House & Garden, Le Sourire, Fémina, Modes et Manières d’Aujord’hui and Comoedia Illustre, among others.

How the Navy Trains Dirigible Pilots (Mar, 1932)

from Modern Mechanix (Mar, 1932)

poboh: Lartigue on the set of ‘Les Aventures du roi Pausole’, 1932, Jacques Henri Lartigue. French (1894 - 1986)

poboh:

Lartigue on the set of ‘Les Aventures du roi Pausole’, 1932,
Jacques Henri Lartigue. French (1894 - 1986)

darkladyofthelowlands: Cover of Dutch magazine “De Gracieuse” published  on December 16 1932.

darkladyofthelowlands:

Cover of Dutch magazine “De Gracieuse” published  on December 16 1932.

mothgirlwings: Goofy gets festive at “The Whoopee Party” (1932) - Walt Disney

mothgirlwings:

Goofy gets festive at “The Whoopee Party” (1932) - Walt Disney