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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.

youngandsober: They had it right in 1909. Shame about whats happened since then.

youngandsober:

They had it right in 1909. Shame about whats happened since then.

(via 1800s-enthusiast)

theticketthatexploded: Philip Zec. 1941

theticketthatexploded:

Philip Zec. 1941

(Source: gentlemanlosergentlemanjunkie)

cabbagingcove: “See how I bend!” From Leslie’s Directory of Perth and Perthshire for 1907-1908

cabbagingcove:

“See how I bend!”

From Leslie’s Directory of Perth and Perthshire for 1907-1908

victoriasrustyknickers: Lady with a small Child on a Donkey - Photo taken in Wales - c1900  via Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

victoriasrustyknickers:

Lady with a small Child on a Donkey - Photo taken in Wales - c1900 

via Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

victoriasrustyknickers: Dorothy Jordan - Irish Actress and Mistress of King William IV. Mezzotint after John Hoppner 1791 via Wikipedia

victoriasrustyknickers:

Dorothy Jordan - Irish Actress and Mistress of King William IV. Mezzotint after John Hoppner 1791

via Wikipedia

victoriasrustyknickers: Magic Lantern Glass Slide View of Stonehenge, England.  By James Valentine, c1900

victoriasrustyknickers:

Magic Lantern Glass Slide View of Stonehenge, England.  By James Valentine, c1900

victoriasrustyknickers: ‘Arry at Stonehenge’ rouses the peeved Ghost of a Druid - Cartoon published in Punch Magazine on August 28, 1886

victoriasrustyknickers:

‘Arry at Stonehenge’ rouses the peeved Ghost of a Druid - Cartoon published in Punch Magazine on August 28, 1886