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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.

lostsplendor:

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. July, 2012.

Missing the overwhelming smell of aging documents already.

vcrfl: The Apollo Theater, Vienna, opened 1904. The Folies Bergère and Mata Hari appeared on its stage, several operettas by Ralph Benatzky were performed here for the first time. In 1929, it was turned into a cinema.

vcrfl:

The Apollo Theater, Vienna, opened 1904. The Folies Bergère and Mata Hari appeared on its stage, several operettas by Ralph Benatzky were performed here for the first time. In 1929, it was turned into a cinema.

Children of Circus Renz, Vienna 1860s. Photographer: August Mansfeld.

Children of Circus Renz, Vienna 1860s.
Photographer: August Mansfeld.

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urbain: (via Dieselpunk: Over Vienna)

urbain:

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