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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.

legrandcirque: A man in a suit and bowler hat jumping in the air in his backyard. Photograph by Wallace G. Levison. Brooklyn, New York, 1890.

legrandcirque:

A man in a suit and bowler hat jumping in the air in his backyard. Photograph by Wallace G. Levison. Brooklyn, New York, 1890.

legrandcirque: A group of girls dressed in white dresses with sashes and flower-covered hats for Children’s Day. Photograph by Wallace G. Levison. Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1890.

legrandcirque:

A group of girls dressed in white dresses with sashes and flower-covered hats for Children’s Day. Photograph by Wallace G. Levison. Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1890.