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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.

theearlynineteenhundreds: Miss Madge Crichton Edwardian Beauty (by vintage ladies)

theearlynineteenhundreds:

Miss Madge Crichton Edwardian Beauty (by vintage ladies)

(via 1901-a-space-odyssey)

thewidowflannigan: Co-stars in Paul Rubens’ musical Three Little Maids. Date says 1904 — in the original 1902 production Delia Mason’s part was played by Edna May. The play is about three country sisters who come to London to earn a living serving tea in a Bond Street shop, where they become the rivals of three fashionable city girls—but win out due to their wits. You go, gurrrrl. summertime75: Three Little Maids

thewidowflannigan:

Co-stars in Paul Rubens’ musical Three Little Maids. Date says 1904 — in the original 1902 production Delia Mason’s part was played by Edna May.

The play is about three country sisters who come to London to earn a living serving tea in a Bond Street shop, where they become the rivals of three fashionable city girls—but win out due to their wits. You go, gurrrrl.

summertime75:

Three Little Maids

theearlynineteenhundreds: Miss Madge Crichton, Edwardian Beauty (by vintage ladies)

theearlynineteenhundreds:

Miss Madge Crichton, Edwardian Beauty (by vintage ladies)