Dr. Martin Kolby
@drmartinkolby.bsky.social
Member of the Royal Explorers Society, past president (1836-1840) of the King's Geographical Institute, Order du Chevalerie. Currently studying madness among dispersed populations in Appalachia.
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"The undefeatable Mrs. K, a rich divorcee who shed scandal as efficiently as a Canvasback sheds water, was never lacking in charm, wit, or a salacious bit of gossip. She was a staunch friend and a formidable adversary."
#steampunk #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #gildedage #fiction #lady #palace
"The undefeatable Mrs. K, a rich divorcee who shed scandal as efficiently as a Canvasback sheds water, was never lacking in charm, wit, or a salacious bit of gossip. She was a staunch friend and a formidable adversary."
#steampunk #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #gildedage #fiction #lady #palace
Tonight's cinematic indulgence...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini Series 1994) - IMDb share.google/hH6gc0UcmHrk...
#sherlock #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #mystery #crime
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini Series 1994) - IMDb share.google/hH6gc0UcmHrk...
#sherlock #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #mystery #crime
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini Series 1994) ⭐ 8.6 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
51m | TV-PG
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November 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Tonight's cinematic indulgence...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini Series 1994) - IMDb share.google/hH6gc0UcmHrk...
#sherlock #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #mystery #crime
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini Series 1994) - IMDb share.google/hH6gc0UcmHrk...
#sherlock #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #mystery #crime
"Daniel Koloman, designer of the new Ether Pistol, met me for beers at a new place called Broke Baton Brewing. Each crate of hops bore an uncanny image that looked just like Koloman (after he's had a few)."
#beer #ale #brewery #fiction #fantasy #steampunk #victorian
#beer #ale #brewery #fiction #fantasy #steampunk #victorian
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"Daniel Koloman, designer of the new Ether Pistol, met me for beers at a new place called Broke Baton Brewing. Each crate of hops bore an uncanny image that looked just like Koloman (after he's had a few)."
#beer #ale #brewery #fiction #fantasy #steampunk #victorian
#beer #ale #brewery #fiction #fantasy #steampunk #victorian
I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.
-- Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #lewiscarroll #costume #cosplay #vintage #victorian #gothic #1800s #19thcentury
-- Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #lewiscarroll #costume #cosplay #vintage #victorian #gothic #1800s #19thcentury
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.
-- Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #lewiscarroll #costume #cosplay #vintage #victorian #gothic #1800s #19thcentury
-- Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #lewiscarroll #costume #cosplay #vintage #victorian #gothic #1800s #19thcentury
"I remember seeing a doll in a window while I traveled through the Ardennes with the Belgian Science Contingent. 'More silly toys for ze rich ladies in America,' Dr. Labock said with unabashed disdain."
#doll #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #toy #gildedage
#doll #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #toy #gildedage
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"I remember seeing a doll in a window while I traveled through the Ardennes with the Belgian Science Contingent. 'More silly toys for ze rich ladies in America,' Dr. Labock said with unabashed disdain."
#doll #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #toy #gildedage
#doll #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #toy #gildedage
Kolby, 1861: "I was pleased to meet the military attaché and diplomatic command as I crossed the Indian border into Nepal."
Credit: Clara Blackheart
Source: steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...
#steampunk #cosplay #costume #military #fantasy #fiction #victorian #1800s #19thCentury #vintage
Credit: Clara Blackheart
Source: steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...
#steampunk #cosplay #costume #military #fantasy #fiction #victorian #1800s #19thCentury #vintage
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Kolby, 1861: "I was pleased to meet the military attaché and diplomatic command as I crossed the Indian border into Nepal."
Credit: Clara Blackheart
Source: steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...
#steampunk #cosplay #costume #military #fantasy #fiction #victorian #1800s #19thCentury #vintage
Credit: Clara Blackheart
Source: steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...
#steampunk #cosplay #costume #military #fantasy #fiction #victorian #1800s #19thCentury #vintage
"I found an odd carved totem while touring Appalachia during our American Yeti expedition. One local said it had been in her family for decades."
#victorian #fantasy #fiction #Bigfoot #sasquatch #Yeti
#victorian #fantasy #fiction #Bigfoot #sasquatch #Yeti
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"I found an odd carved totem while touring Appalachia during our American Yeti expedition. One local said it had been in her family for decades."
#victorian #fantasy #fiction #Bigfoot #sasquatch #Yeti
#victorian #fantasy #fiction #Bigfoot #sasquatch #Yeti
Credit: Craig Jenkins
Source: steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...
#steampunk #gothic #goth #whitby #fantasy #convention #cosplay #costume #victorian
Source: steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...
#steampunk #gothic #goth #whitby #fantasy #convention #cosplay #costume #victorian
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Credit: Craig Jenkins
Source: steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...
#steampunk #gothic #goth #whitby #fantasy #convention #cosplay #costume #victorian
Source: steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...
#steampunk #gothic #goth #whitby #fantasy #convention #cosplay #costume #victorian
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166 years ago, on the 12th of November 1859, Jules Léotard performed the first flying trapeze routine. The one-piece garment he invented was named after him. Léotard had passed law exams at age 18 before becoming a professional gymnast and died at age 32, presumably due to smallpox. #otd #history 🗃️
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
166 years ago, on the 12th of November 1859, Jules Léotard performed the first flying trapeze routine. The one-piece garment he invented was named after him. Léotard had passed law exams at age 18 before becoming a professional gymnast and died at age 32, presumably due to smallpox. #otd #history 🗃️
"A small Appalachian town claimed to have a 'hairy wild man' in a cage. Thinking it might be an American Yeti, we detoured to see for ourselves. Alas, it was a sad bear with mangy fur. I left in disgust. Somehow, the bear 'escaped' that same night."
#freakshow #fiction #Yeti #sasquatch #fantasy
#freakshow #fiction #Yeti #sasquatch #fantasy
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"A small Appalachian town claimed to have a 'hairy wild man' in a cage. Thinking it might be an American Yeti, we detoured to see for ourselves. Alas, it was a sad bear with mangy fur. I left in disgust. Somehow, the bear 'escaped' that same night."
#freakshow #fiction #Yeti #sasquatch #fantasy
#freakshow #fiction #Yeti #sasquatch #fantasy
Reposted by Dr. Martin Kolby
Invective [in-VEK-tiv]
(adj.)
- Of, relating to, or characterized by, or using abusive language, bitter sarcasm, etc.
- Vituperative; denunciatory; censoriously abusive.
(n.)
- Vehement or violent accusation; censure, or reproach, especially of a bitterly abusive, insulting, or sarcastic kind.
(adj.)
- Of, relating to, or characterized by, or using abusive language, bitter sarcasm, etc.
- Vituperative; denunciatory; censoriously abusive.
(n.)
- Vehement or violent accusation; censure, or reproach, especially of a bitterly abusive, insulting, or sarcastic kind.
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Invective [in-VEK-tiv]
(adj.)
- Of, relating to, or characterized by, or using abusive language, bitter sarcasm, etc.
- Vituperative; denunciatory; censoriously abusive.
(n.)
- Vehement or violent accusation; censure, or reproach, especially of a bitterly abusive, insulting, or sarcastic kind.
(adj.)
- Of, relating to, or characterized by, or using abusive language, bitter sarcasm, etc.
- Vituperative; denunciatory; censoriously abusive.
(n.)
- Vehement or violent accusation; censure, or reproach, especially of a bitterly abusive, insulting, or sarcastic kind.
"I enjoyed a brief stop in Munchen at the end of their month-long beer festival. Wonderful country with raucous, happy people."
#beer #octoberfest #Germany
#beer #octoberfest #Germany
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"I enjoyed a brief stop in Munchen at the end of their month-long beer festival. Wonderful country with raucous, happy people."
#beer #octoberfest #Germany
#beer #octoberfest #Germany
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when you're a Victorian editor, who's commissioned some travel writing about Covent Garden, but left the image selection to the guy in the office with the laudanum habit
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
when you're a Victorian editor, who's commissioned some travel writing about Covent Garden, but left the image selection to the guy in the office with the laudanum habit
Alan Rickman | The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
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November 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This article and photograph were found by Kolby biographer Eliza Grant. The article is from the Mirror Lake Informer, Sunday, October 14, 1849.
#fiction #fantasy #victorian #1800s #19thCentury #yeti #bigfoot #sasquatch
#fiction #fantasy #victorian #1800s #19thCentury #yeti #bigfoot #sasquatch
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This article and photograph were found by Kolby biographer Eliza Grant. The article is from the Mirror Lake Informer, Sunday, October 14, 1849.
#fiction #fantasy #victorian #1800s #19thCentury #yeti #bigfoot #sasquatch
#fiction #fantasy #victorian #1800s #19thCentury #yeti #bigfoot #sasquatch
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Reposted by Dr. Martin Kolby
153 years ago, on the 5th of November 1872, Susan B. Anthony and fourteen other women voted in the American presidential election. Anthony was later fined 100 dollars and responded :"I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty." She never did. #otd #history🗃️
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
153 years ago, on the 5th of November 1872, Susan B. Anthony and fourteen other women voted in the American presidential election. Anthony was later fined 100 dollars and responded :"I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty." She never did. #otd #history🗃️
Refuse to Be Amused
Source: New York Herald, Aug 23, 1885, page 8.
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And then Narragansett had an individuality of its own, and was a jolly summer resort, where a great deal of fun was to be had for very little money.
#gossip #society #gildedage #newspaper #victorian #1800s #19thCentury
Source: New York Herald, Aug 23, 1885, page 8.
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And then Narragansett had an individuality of its own, and was a jolly summer resort, where a great deal of fun was to be had for very little money.
#gossip #society #gildedage #newspaper #victorian #1800s #19thCentury
November 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Refuse to Be Amused
Source: New York Herald, Aug 23, 1885, page 8.
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And then Narragansett had an individuality of its own, and was a jolly summer resort, where a great deal of fun was to be had for very little money.
#gossip #society #gildedage #newspaper #victorian #1800s #19thCentury
Source: New York Herald, Aug 23, 1885, page 8.
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And then Narragansett had an individuality of its own, and was a jolly summer resort, where a great deal of fun was to be had for very little money.
#gossip #society #gildedage #newspaper #victorian #1800s #19thCentury
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."
- Leo Tolstoy
#pocketwatch #cosplay #victorian #steampunk #costume #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #Halloween
- Leo Tolstoy
#pocketwatch #cosplay #victorian #steampunk #costume #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #Halloween
November 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."
- Leo Tolstoy
#pocketwatch #cosplay #victorian #steampunk #costume #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #Halloween
- Leo Tolstoy
#pocketwatch #cosplay #victorian #steampunk #costume #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #Halloween
Alice: How long is forever?
White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second.
-Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #cosplay #victorian #costume #Halloween #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #wonderland #pocketwatch
White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second.
-Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #cosplay #victorian #costume #Halloween #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #wonderland #pocketwatch
November 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Alice: How long is forever?
White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second.
-Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #cosplay #victorian #costume #Halloween #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #wonderland #pocketwatch
White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second.
-Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #cosplay #victorian #costume #Halloween #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #wonderland #pocketwatch
The veil is thin tonight.
#steampunk #cosplay #costume #Halloween #spooky #gothic #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
#steampunk #cosplay #costume #Halloween #spooky #gothic #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The veil is thin tonight.
#steampunk #cosplay #costume #Halloween #spooky #gothic #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
#steampunk #cosplay #costume #Halloween #spooky #gothic #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
Happy Halloween! May your adventures bring shivers (or candy).
#steampunk #cosplay #victorian #ghost #Haunted #Halloween #1800s #19thcentury #seance #gildedage #costume #larp #fantasy
#steampunk #cosplay #victorian #ghost #Haunted #Halloween #1800s #19thcentury #seance #gildedage #costume #larp #fantasy
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Happy Halloween! May your adventures bring shivers (or candy).
#steampunk #cosplay #victorian #ghost #Haunted #Halloween #1800s #19thcentury #seance #gildedage #costume #larp #fantasy
#steampunk #cosplay #victorian #ghost #Haunted #Halloween #1800s #19thcentury #seance #gildedage #costume #larp #fantasy
Bare Naked Arms!
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There was more elaboration of costume at Mrs. Kernochan's ball than at any previous entertainment this season.
#gossip #society #ballgown #1800s #19thCentury #Victorian #newspaper #gildedage #cotillion #dance
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There was more elaboration of costume at Mrs. Kernochan's ball than at any previous entertainment this season.
#gossip #society #ballgown #1800s #19thCentury #Victorian #newspaper #gildedage #cotillion #dance
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bare Naked Arms!
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There was more elaboration of costume at Mrs. Kernochan's ball than at any previous entertainment this season.
#gossip #society #ballgown #1800s #19thCentury #Victorian #newspaper #gildedage #cotillion #dance
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There was more elaboration of costume at Mrs. Kernochan's ball than at any previous entertainment this season.
#gossip #society #ballgown #1800s #19thCentury #Victorian #newspaper #gildedage #cotillion #dance
Tonight's cinematic indulgence.
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#sherlock #victorian #steampunk #fantasy #fiction #1800s #19thcentury
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#sherlock #victorian #steampunk #fantasy #fiction #1800s #19thcentury
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Official Trailer - Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law Movie HD
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October 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tonight's cinematic indulgence.
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#sherlock #victorian #steampunk #fantasy #fiction #1800s #19thcentury
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#sherlock #victorian #steampunk #fantasy #fiction #1800s #19thcentury
Ladies Club Scandal!
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#history #gildedage #newspaper #gossip #scandal #1800s #19thCentury #nonfiction #Victorian
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#history #gildedage #newspaper #gossip #scandal #1800s #19thCentury #nonfiction #Victorian
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Ladies Club Scandal 1885 · This reading is from the New York Herald, published in New York City, Sunday August 16, 1885, page 8.
The cry that is going up from club men and indigna…
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October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Ladies Club Scandal!
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#history #gildedage #newspaper #gossip #scandal #1800s #19thCentury #nonfiction #Victorian
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#history #gildedage #newspaper #gossip #scandal #1800s #19thCentury #nonfiction #Victorian