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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.

back-then: Telephone conversation: You’re doing it right!

back-then:

Telephone conversation: You’re doing it right!

(via alwaysalbrecht)

questionableadvice: ~ The White City Magazine, 1905via Internet Archive(click to enlarge)“DON’T Delude yourself with the belief that you can get along without the telephone.”

questionableadvice:

~ The White City Magazine, 1905
via Internet Archive
(click to enlarge)

“DON’T
Delude yourself with the belief that you can get along without the telephone.”

questionableadvice: ~ Official American Textile Directory, 1922via internet archive(click to enlarge)“The … telephone system lends wings to your words - they go - you remain at your desk. … Write for Booklet: ‘WHY WALK’ “ “… no need for the miles and miles of walking and hours of time wasted in the course of the day simply to carry a message from one person to person.”

questionableadvice:

~ Official American Textile Directory, 1922
via internet archive
(click to enlarge)

“The … telephone system lends wings to your words - they go - you remain at your desk. … Write for Booklet: ‘WHY WALK’ “

“… no need for the miles and miles of walking and hours of time wasted in the course of the day simply to carry a message from one person to person.”

thingsandschemes: This was a problem in the 1950s.

thingsandschemes:

This was a problem in the 1950s.

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victoriasrustyknickers: Early Desk Phone - which features a hand-cranked generator to ring the bells of other telephones and to alert the operator. Manufactured by Lars Magnus Ericsson in Sweden - 1892 via auktionsverket

victoriasrustyknickers:

Early Desk Phone - which features a hand-cranked generator to ring the bells of other telephones and to alert the operator. Manufactured by Lars Magnus Ericsson in Sweden - 1892

via auktionsverket

questionableadvice: ~ The Chicago Blue Book of Selected Names of Chicago and Suburban Towns: Containing the Names and Addresses of Prominent Residents, arranged Alphabetically and Numerically by Streets, Membership List of the Leading Clubs, and other Valuable Information. For the Year Ending 1914., The Chicago Directory Company.

questionableadvice:

~ The Chicago Blue Book of Selected Names of Chicago and Suburban Towns: Containing the Names and Addresses of Prominent Residents, arranged Alphabetically and Numerically by Streets, Membership List of the Leading Clubs, and other Valuable Information. For the Year Ending 1914., The Chicago Directory Company.

questionableadvice: ~ Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, August 8th, 1911“In the daily use of the telephone a man travels all over town by wire in a few minutes”reblogged from classifiedhumanity

questionableadvice:

~ Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, August 8th, 1911

“In the daily use of the telephone a man travels all over town by wire in a few minutes”

reblogged from classifiedhumanity