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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.

hurrahvictoriana: People crossing London Bridge around the turn of the century (could be anything from 1890 to 1910). London, obvs.

hurrahvictoriana:

People crossing London Bridge around the turn of the century (could be anything from 1890 to 1910). London, obvs.

(via northernbriton)

yeoldenews: Well argued, sir. (source: The Nebraska Advertiser, October 19, 1900.)

yeoldenews:

Well argued, sir.

(source: The Nebraska Advertiser, October 19, 1900.)

yeoldenews: I give it a year, tops. (source: The Wichita Daily Eagle, September 19, 1895.)

yeoldenews:

I give it a year, tops.

(source: The Wichita Daily Eagle, September 19, 1895.)

cabbagingcove: Stylish 1896 advert for an East Coast luxury liner in the Narragansett Register

cabbagingcove:

Stylish 1896 advert for an East Coast luxury liner in the Narragansett Register

yeoldenews: Ozonized Ox Marrow? Sign me up! (source: The Appeal, February 27, 1904.)

yeoldenews:

Ozonized Ox Marrow? Sign me up!

(source: The Appeal, February 27, 1904.)

cabbagingcove: Les Robes de Paul Poiret, recontees par Paul Iribe.

cabbagingcove:

Les Robes de Paul Poiret, recontees par Paul Iribe.

cabbagingcove: 1901 Amsterdam advertisement for Bols

cabbagingcove:

1901 Amsterdam advertisement for Bols

cabbagingcove: Molly Logan 1896 Cigarette Card Hignett’s Cigarettes That hat is crazy. It looks WAY more 1790 than 1890. Originally by Hignett’s Cigarettes, digitized by NYPL Archives.

cabbagingcove:

Molly Logan

1896 Cigarette Card Hignett’s Cigarettes

That hat is crazy. It looks WAY more 1790 than 1890.

Originally by Hignett’s Cigarettes, digitized by NYPL Archives.

cabbagingcove: “Bitter Oriental” advert poster From the Netherlands, 1897

cabbagingcove:

“Bitter Oriental” advert poster

From the Netherlands, 1897

cabbagingcove: Cusenier Curaçao Advert 1899

cabbagingcove:

Cusenier Curaçao Advert

1899