portrait-photo

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.

susiesnapshot: TWA stewardess postcard. Artwork by George Petty, 1940’s.

susiesnapshot:

TWA stewardess postcard. Artwork by George Petty, 1940’s.

derhoeflicherebell: George Petty - “How Silly Darling - Wealth means nothing to me. Say! - you haven’t gone Bankrupt, have you?” (published in Esquire, 1939)

derhoeflicherebell:

George Petty - “How Silly Darling - Wealth means nothing to me. Say! - you haven’t gone Bankrupt, have you?” (published in Esquire, 1939)