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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.

tuesday-johnson: cc. 1880-1900’s, [carte de visite portrait of a lady with her banjo], C.M. Gilbert via Jeffery Kraus, Antique Photographics

tuesday-johnson:

cc. 1880-1900’s, [carte de visite portrait of a lady with her banjo], C.M. Gilbert

via Jeffery Kraus, Antique Photographics

moonjunk:

“I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground”(1928). Anthology of American Folk Music Vol. 3 (1952; Ed. Harry Smith). Bascom Lamar Lunsford.

Beware those railroad men, they’ll drink your blood like wine.

drum-taps:

Bascom Lamar Lunsford—“Swannanoa Tunnel”

Ballads, Banjo Tunes, and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina (Smithsonian Folkways 1996).

I miss my mountains.

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tuesday-johnson: ca. 1860’s, [tintype portrait of two gentlemen, one playing the banjo] via Heritage Auctions

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1860’s, [tintype portrait of two gentlemen, one playing the banjo]

via Heritage Auctions

velvet-dreams: “Miss Apperson” playing banjo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. (1895)

velvet-dreams:

“Miss Apperson” playing banjo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. (1895)

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beatonna: Punch In Canada is also a pretty great blog by the man behind Yesterday’s Papers.  Look at that picture! America is always trying to get in our pants.

beatonna:

Punch In Canada is also a pretty great blog by the man behind Yesterday’s Papers.  Look at that picture! America is always trying to get in our pants.

drum-taps:

Dock Boggs—“Wild Bill Jones”

Legendary Singer and Banjo Player (Folkways 1964).

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my-ear-trumpet:

Pete Seeger — Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Melbourne, 1963)

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moonjunk: fiercebunny:Banjo kitty!

moonjunk:

fiercebunny:Banjo kitty!

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Pete Seegar — Jesu, Joy of Man’s desiring (Melbourne, 1963)