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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.

nyyankee2jeter: roger sterling, whatchu doin?

nyyankee2jeter:

roger sterling, whatchu doin?

(Source: villenoire, via 30rockingnewyork)

evileyedpuppet:

oh yes oh yes good omg

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retroarama: Mens fashion AC DC 1946 on Flickr.Roblee Shoes for men 1946 Shoes and Suits that go both ways

retroarama:

Mens fashion AC DC 1946 on Flickr.

Roblee Shoes for men 1946

Shoes and Suits that go both ways

gdfalksen: Day wear, 1900-1907.

gdfalksen:

Day wear, 1900-1907.

thedappergentleman: “I have been in Milan one hour and have so far witnessed several of the best-dressed people I have seen in, oh, a decade.” Mark Schatzker explores Italy’s fashion capital.

thedappergentleman:

“I have been in Milan one hour and have so far witnessed several of the best-dressed people I have seen in, oh, a decade.” Mark Schatzker explores Italy’s fashion capital.

(Source: condenasttraveler, via thedandybutch)

victoriasrustyknickers: Meiji Era Bathing Beauties on a Tub - Tinted photo published in Japan, most likely in the early 1900s  via Okinawa Soba

victoriasrustyknickers:

Meiji Era Bathing Beauties on a Tub - Tinted photo published in Japan, most likely in the early 1900s 

via Okinawa Soba

victoriasrustyknickers: Charles Pollock Corss (grandson of Pennsylvania Governor James Pollock) and John Kennedy McCormik pose for a portrait at the Studio of J. W. C. Floyd, Lock Haven, Pa. in 1899

victoriasrustyknickers:

Charles Pollock Corss (grandson of Pennsylvania Governor James Pollock) and John Kennedy McCormik pose for a portrait at the Studio of J. W. C. Floyd, Lock Haven, Pa. in 1899

tuesday-johnson: ca. 1895, [Album of 67 Photographic Studies of Self-Defense Maneuvers] via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographic Collection

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1895, [Album of 67 Photographic Studies of Self-Defense Maneuvers]

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographic Collection

mattsvintage:

Oh, look, another catalogue where I want everything.

This is a 1936 Bellas Hess catalogue, uploaded:

Here.

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