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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.

benedictusantonius: “The Devil’s Auction” Burlesque shows weren’t just about sex. They were about entertainment and some of the costumes, like the bizarre horse get-up at right, pushed the boundaries of social norms and the way women were supposed to behave. Burlesque beauties of the 1890s: Stunning vintage photos of ‘loose women in tights’ who perfected the art of the tease.

benedictusantonius:

“The Devil’s Auction”

Burlesque shows weren’t just about sex. They were about entertainment and some of the costumes, like the bizarre horse get-up at right, pushed the boundaries of social norms and the way women were supposed to behave.

Burlesque beauties of the 1890s: Stunning vintage photos of ‘loose women in tights’ who perfected the art of the tease.

(via littlebunnysunshine, likica) Teagan photographed by Robert Woolrich.

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Teagan photographed by Robert Woolrich.
selbitaganova: Burlesque. loveee

selbitaganova:

Burlesque. loveee

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judywald: Rita Hayworth; burlesque (ondiraiduveau)

judywald:

Rita Hayworth; burlesque

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cabbagingcove: I only regret that I don’t have the cultural reference for the burlesque dancer sitting on a stove-wagon being pulled by un-cooked lobsters. 1899 poster advertising The High Rollers Extravaganza Co.

cabbagingcove:

I only regret that I don’t have the cultural reference for the burlesque dancer sitting on a stove-wagon being pulled by un-cooked lobsters.

1899 poster advertising The High Rollers Extravaganza Co.

Miss Scarlet Storm photographed by Kenneth Barton.

Miss Scarlet Storm photographed by Kenneth Barton.

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