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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.

flopifou:

Colour photographs of Edwardians

railways-and-roses: Edwardian garden party, date unknown. Note the woman waving at the camera.

railways-and-roses:

Edwardian garden party, date unknown. Note the woman waving at the camera.

klg19: Magnificent Millinery by National Library of Ireland on The Commons on Flickr.Swellegant!Via Flickr: This elegantly behatted group are Mr Murphy of Prior Park, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary and sister(s) perhaps… Looks as if this was Thomas Murphy, a brewer, and that one of the elegant ladies was his sister, Amy Isabel because blackpoolbeach found them on Prior Park Road in the 1901 census. Sadly, Niall McAuley discovered that Amy Isabel Murphy died when the R.M.S. Leinster was torpedoed in October 1918. Date: Saturday, 17 August 1901 NLI Ref.: P_WP_1187a

klg19:

Magnificent Millinery by National Library of Ireland on The Commons on Flickr.

Swellegant!

Via Flickr:
This elegantly behatted group are Mr Murphy of Prior Park, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary and sister(s) perhaps…

Looks as if this was Thomas Murphy, a brewer, and that one of the elegant ladies was his sister, Amy Isabel because blackpoolbeach found them on Prior Park Road in the 1901 census.

Sadly, Niall McAuley discovered that Amy Isabel Murphy died when the R.M.S. Leinster was torpedoed in October 1918.

Date: Saturday, 17 August 1901

NLI Ref.: P_WP_1187a

itmeansapricot: My great-great-great-grandparents, Ella and Smith, ca. 1911.

itmeansapricot:

My great-great-great-grandparents, Ella and Smith, ca. 1911.

cabbagingcove: Radium as a Test for Real Diamonds “At the approach of Radium pure gems are thrown into great brilliancy, while imitations remain dull.” I can imagine a jeweler would be thrilled to have you bring in a chunk of radium whilst shopping for an engagement ring. The Boy’s Second Book of Inventions. Roy Stannard Baker, 1909. One of the one hundred and one things that Edwardians thought Radium was good for including health drinks like Radithor.

cabbagingcove:

Radium as a Test for Real Diamonds

“At the approach of Radium pure gems are thrown into great brilliancy, while imitations remain dull.”

I can imagine a jeweler would be thrilled to have you bring in a chunk of radium whilst shopping for an engagement ring.

The Boy’s Second Book of Inventions. Roy Stannard Baker, 1909.

One of the one hundred and one things that Edwardians thought Radium was good for including health drinks like Radithor.