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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.

cabbagingcove: I don’t know what he knows about me, but I’m afraid of what he’ll do with that information. D: ca. 1900 poster advertisement for “Alexander: The Man Who Knows”, from Minneapolis, MN.

cabbagingcove:

I don’t know what he knows about me, but I’m afraid of what he’ll do with that information. D:

ca. 1900 poster advertisement for “Alexander: The Man Who Knows”, from Minneapolis, MN.

cabbagingcove: “When Thoroughbreds Meet” Ah, a classy lady and a classy horse. One of the many advertisements for the county fair near my hometown was almost exactly this, in the 21st century. Timeless beauty. From the 1909 Brockton Fair Guide

cabbagingcove:

“When Thoroughbreds Meet”

Ah, a classy lady and a classy horse. One of the many advertisements for the county fair near my hometown was almost exactly this, in the 21st century. Timeless beauty.

From the 1909 Brockton Fair Guide