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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.

concerto-for-a-rainy-day: StonehengeEdward McKnight Kauffer1931This is part of a series of advertisement McKnight did for Shell, which mix geometric, surrealist elements with a recognizable landscape.

concerto-for-a-rainy-day:

Stonehenge
Edward McKnight Kauffer
1931

This is part of a series of advertisement McKnight did for Shell, which mix geometric, surrealist elements with a recognizable landscape.

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victoriasrustyknickers: Magic Lantern Glass Slide View of Stonehenge, England.  By James Valentine, c1900

victoriasrustyknickers:

Magic Lantern Glass Slide View of Stonehenge, England.  By James Valentine, c1900

victoriasrustyknickers: ‘Arry at Stonehenge’ rouses the peeved Ghost of a Druid - Cartoon published in Punch Magazine on August 28, 1886

victoriasrustyknickers:

‘Arry at Stonehenge’ rouses the peeved Ghost of a Druid - Cartoon published in Punch Magazine on August 28, 1886