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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.

books0977: Illustration based on Life Magazine cover (June 8, 1911) “The Lure of Books.”  C. Coles Phillips (American illustrator, 1880-1927).  Phillips is known for his stylish images of women and a signature use of negative space in his designs.

books0977:

Illustration based on Life Magazine cover (June 8, 1911) “The Lure of Books.”  C. Coles Phillips (American illustrator, 1880-1927).  Phillips is known for his stylish images of women and a signature use of negative space in his designs.

books0977: Sunday Magazine (1908).  C. Coles Phillips (American illustrator, 1880-1927). Working between WWI and the late Twenties, Coles Phillips was the first to introduce Art Deco styles into advertising design. He illustrated magazine covers for the Saturday Evening Post, Life, and other magazines with very modern and sometimes seductively designed women.  Some social historians give Phillips credit for the first pin-up girl, later known as ‘The Fadeaway Girl.’

books0977:

Sunday Magazine (1908).  C. Coles Phillips (American illustrator, 1880-1927). Working between WWI and the late Twenties, Coles Phillips was the first to introduce Art Deco styles into advertising design. He illustrated magazine covers for the Saturday Evening Post, Life, and other magazines with very modern and sometimes seductively designed women.  Some social historians give Phillips credit for the first pin-up girl, later known as ‘The Fadeaway Girl.’