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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.

forgottenantiquities: “The Prime Lobster” political cartoon, 1828.

forgottenantiquities:

“The Prime Lobster” political cartoon, 1828.

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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.