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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.

questionableadvice: ~ Post-Office Aberdeen Directory, 1882via Internet Archive“Five Casks will burn 10 hours, Illuminating for Miles around.”

questionableadvice:

~ Post-Office Aberdeen Directory, 1882
via Internet Archive

“Five Casks will burn 10 hours, Illuminating for Miles around.”

beautifulcentury: ptitjournal 9 mars 1913 dos by pilllpat (agence eureka) on Flickr. Le Petit Journal 9th March, 1913: In order to save her child from the fire, a mother throws (the child) from the window

beautifulcentury:

ptitjournal 9 mars 1913 dos by pilllpat (agence eureka) on Flickr.

Le Petit Journal 9th March, 1913: In order to save her child from the fire, a mother throws (the child) from the window

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.