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.
Book shopping. Harper’s Bazaar, March 1944. Photograph by George Hoyningen-Huene.
Hoyningen-Huene (1900-1968) was a leading creative fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s.
In 1935 Hoyningen-Huene moved to New York City where he did most of his work for Harper’s Bazaar. Beyond fashion, he was a master portraitist of Hollywood stars and other celebrities.
