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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.

questionableadvice: ~ Willys-Overland, 1917via Vintage Ads LiveJournal(click to enlarge)“Probably no one thing makes such a difference in one’s whole outlook upon life as the change from lack of an automobile to ownership of an automobile. That efficiency which the times demand cannot spring from the home where dullness is bred of inactivity. Nothing energizes life like the automobile - get an Overland.” “Get your motor running / head out on the highway / Looking for adventure”

questionableadvice:

~ Willys-Overland, 1917
via Vintage Ads LiveJournal
(click to enlarge)

“Probably no one thing makes such a difference in one’s whole outlook upon life as the change from lack of an automobile to ownership of an automobile.

That efficiency which the times demand cannot spring from the home where dullness is bred of inactivity. Nothing energizes life like the automobile - get an Overland.”

“Get your motor running / head out on the highway / Looking for adventure”

vdoc: questionableadvice: ~ Overland ad, 1915via Vintage Ads LJ(click to enlarge)“Motoring is one of the real joys of living. Also, it’s a necessity to those who value time, and wish to annihilate distance.” There’s still a Willys-Overland Motor Company, but it’s not the same company as in the ad. It is, however, the company that made the ubiquitous Willys Jeep. The $1075 in 1915 is about $24,200 in today’s buying power.

vdoc:

questionableadvice:

~ Overland ad, 1915
via Vintage Ads LJ
(click to enlarge)

“Motoring is one of the real joys of living. Also, it’s a necessity to those who value time, and wish to annihilate distance.”

There’s still a Willys-Overland Motor Company, but it’s not the same company as in the ad. It is, however, the company that made the ubiquitous Willys Jeep. The $1075 in 1915 is about $24,200 in today’s buying power.