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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.

balvert: Hartlepool Specials – Cycling 1895

balvert:

Hartlepool Specials – Cycling 1895

cabbagingcove: “You can’t cycle in Genoa; Columbus didn’t.” Cobblestone streets seem none too pleasant to cycle on to begin with… Why Not Cycle Abroad Yourself?. Clarence Stetson, 1898.

cabbagingcove:

“You can’t cycle in Genoa; Columbus didn’t.”

Cobblestone streets seem none too pleasant to cycle on to begin with…

Why Not Cycle Abroad Yourself?. Clarence Stetson, 1898.

cabbagingcove: “The Bare-Legged Contingent” Those scandalous women, daring to have fun! Why Not Cycle Abroad Yourself? Clarence Stetson, 1898. Free electronic copies available at Internet Archive, (HT to Marie Sansone | Glory Days - Compedium of Historical Cycling Literature available as free eBooks

cabbagingcove:

“The Bare-Legged Contingent”

Those scandalous women, daring to have fun!

Why Not Cycle Abroad Yourself? Clarence Stetson, 1898.

Free electronic copies available at Internet Archive, (HT to Marie Sansone | Glory Days - Compedium of Historical Cycling Literature available as free eBooks

cabbagingcove: “The Latest Style” The book warns not to wear low-fitting corsets, but tight-fitting ones seem perfectly fine here… Cycling. The Right Hon. Earl of Albemarle and G. Lacy Hillier, 1896

cabbagingcove:

“The Latest Style”

The book warns not to wear low-fitting corsets, but tight-fitting ones seem perfectly fine here…

Cycling. The Right Hon. Earl of Albemarle and G. Lacy Hillier, 1896

afrormosia: Shire velocipede, 1879, from the Smithsonian Collection. (Catalog #: 248,087, Accession #: 47,898) “This velocipede was donated to the Smithsonian in 1907. It was built at a rather late date for this type of vehicle: the high, wire-wheeled Ordinary was already on the market by 1879.” (The velocipede was photographed in 1914 with Smithsonian Curator George C. Maynard.)

afrormosia:

Shire velocipede, 1879, from the Smithsonian Collection.

(Catalog #: 248,087, Accession #: 47,898)

“This velocipede was donated to the Smithsonian in 1907. It was built at a rather late date for this type of vehicle: the high, wire-wheeled Ordinary was already on the market by 1879.”

(The velocipede was photographed in 1914 with Smithsonian Curator George C. Maynard.)