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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.

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gdellagioia: Bored,Victorian tintype photo by AlliesAdornments on Flickr.

gdellagioia:

Bored,Victorian tintype photo by AlliesAdornments on Flickr.

cabbagingcove: Albany College [Oregon] Women’s Basketball team - 1905 State Champions

cabbagingcove:

Albany College [Oregon] Women’s Basketball team - 1905 State Champions

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sugarmeows: Theda Bara as Cleopatra (hand-colored silver gelatin photograph, 1917) – Albert Witzel The photograph is signed by the actress for silent film cowboy actor Tom Mix.

sugarmeows:

Theda Bara as Cleopatra (hand-colored silver gelatin photograph, 1917) – Albert Witzel

The photograph is signed by the actress for silent film cowboy actor Tom Mix.

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ohlookhistory: Man in military dress and turban. ca. 1889 (some photographs later).  From an album of photographs from Burma, India, and Egypt.  

ohlookhistory:

Man in military dress and turban. ca. 1889 (some photographs later).  From an album of photographs from Burma, India, and Egypt.  

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okhairy: “Yours affectionately” … bearded seated man from Philadelphia (c. 1870s)

okhairy:

“Yours affectionately” … bearded seated man from Philadelphia (c. 1870s)

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toanunnery: Berthold Otto and his children: Helene, Franziska, Richard, Felicitas, and Irmgard The girl on the far left in the black dress is my great-great grandmother, Franziska, or “Fränze”. She wrote poetry and ended up marrying a poet as well, Rudolph Paulsen. They met through their fathers, who were both pedagogues and founded schools in Germany. Franziska inherited her name from her grandmother, and also passed it down to my grandmother, who passed it down to me.

toanunnery:

Berthold Otto and his children: Helene, Franziska, Richard, Felicitas, and Irmgard

The girl on the far left in the black dress is my great-great grandmother, Franziska, or “Fränze”. She wrote poetry and ended up marrying a poet as well, Rudolph Paulsen. They met through their fathers, who were both pedagogues and founded schools in Germany. Franziska inherited her name from her grandmother, and also passed it down to my grandmother, who passed it down to me.

theforgottenfiles: Eugène Delacroix by Félix Nadar, 1850s

theforgottenfiles:

Eugène Delacroix by Félix Nadar, 1850s

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arthistory-blog: Newport (1902) by Gertrude Käsebier

arthistory-blog:

Newport (1902) by Gertrude Käsebier