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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.

shawnisabeast:

The Ten Commandments (1956)

(Source: bowiescigarette, via atompunk)

thelingerieaddict: And her leopard print dress killed everyone… anantoinetteaffair: Belita as The Femme Fatale in ‘Invitation to the Dance’ (1956)

thelingerieaddict:

And her leopard print dress killed everyone…

anantoinetteaffair:

Belita as The Femme Fatale in ‘Invitation to the Dance’ (1956)

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"Take my camel, dear,” said my Aunt Dot, as she climbed down from this animal on her return from High Mass"

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The opening sentence of The Towers of Trebizond (1956) by Rose Macaulay

(HT PATRICK COMERFORD)

books0977: Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostov in ‘War and Peace’, 1956. Countess Natalya “Natasha” Ilyinichna Rostova (born 1792, according to the book) is a central fictional character in Leo Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace. The character of Natasha is difficult to portray on film, because she ages from a 13-year old girl in book one to a 28-year old mother of four at the end of the novel. Harlow Robinson writes that Hepburn “makes a visually compelling Natasha…”

books0977:

Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostov in ‘War and Peace’, 1956.

Countess Natalya “Natasha” Ilyinichna Rostova (born 1792, according to the book) is a central fictional character in Leo Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace.

The character of Natasha is difficult to portray on film, because she ages from a 13-year old girl in book one to a 28-year old mother of four at the end of the novel. Harlow Robinson writes that Hepburn “makes a visually compelling Natasha…”

suicideblonde: Grace Kelly, in a gown by MGM costume designer Helen Rose, kneeling at the altar during her wedding at Saint Nicholas Cathedral to Prince Rainier III of Monaco in April 1956

suicideblonde:

Grace Kelly, in a gown by MGM costume designer Helen Rose, kneeling at the altar during her wedding at Saint Nicholas Cathedral to Prince Rainier III of Monaco in April 1956

obsidian-sphere: John Bull magazine, week ending 13th October, 1956. by totallymystified on Flickr.

obsidian-sphere:

John Bull magazine, week ending 13th October, 1956. by totallymystified on Flickr.

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hcclibrarylove: harharhar: My go-to excuse is now “secret reasons.” Thanks E. B. White! Oh, this is just too good.

hcclibrarylove:

harharhar:

My go-to excuse is now “secret reasons.” Thanks E. B. White!

Oh, this is just too good.

atomicfleck: The coronation of King Mahemdra of Nepal, 1956.

atomicfleck:

The coronation of King Mahemdra of Nepal, 1956.

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questionableadvice: ~ Victorian Tuberculosis Association, 1956 via National Library of Australia If TB don’t kill ya/ The X-rays will;

questionableadvice:

~ Victorian Tuberculosis Association, 1956
via National Library of Australia

If TB don’t kill ya/ The X-rays will;

Erika, 15, a Hungarian Freedom Fighter, carries a machine gun in Budapest during the revolution, 1956, she was eventually shot by the Soviets

Erika, 15, a Hungarian Freedom Fighter, carries a machine gun in Budapest during the revolution, 1956, she was eventually shot by the Soviets

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