Things I am interested in:
carnival, circus, Victorian, Steampunk
industrialization (Industrial Revolution ie steam)
modernity
Kafka
Kafka-esque
ennui
nostalgia
chagrin
absurd
cute
creepy
stitches
existentialism
characters
animals
anthropomorphic
fairy tales
folklore
menagerie
farm
machinery
farm machinery
mechanization
gears
clockwork
inventions
exploration
The Enlightenment
robots
airships
Victorian fashion
gas light
steam power
hat box
antiques
whirligigs
whimsical
wheels
Grammaphone
gauges
boats/ships
submersibles
dirigibles
Turn-of-the-century science
protoscience
typewriter
wood type
freak show
navigational instruments
maps
telescopes
astronomy
alchemy
phrenology
occult
chiromancy
pseudo-science
Nikola Tesla
Tesla coil
oscilloscope
optical devices
optics
diving gear
laboratory
organ grinder
rivets/screws/texture
goggles
cabinet of curiosities
trapeze
balancing
tight rope
brass
port hole
grotesque
magic lantern
cibachrome print lightbox
post-WWII mores
capitalism
socialism
economics
traditional family values
evolutionary biology
rabbits
petticoat
frock coat and tails
bowler hat
top hat
bio-mechanical
farmland
barn
farm animals
Alice in Wonderland
Arthur Rackham
John Tenniel
Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
J.R.R Tolkien
coal power
iron
Columbia World Fair
Crystal Palace
Jack the Ripper
Sherlock Holmes
Charles Dickens
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Dr. David Livingstone
paleontology
wunderkammer
woodworking
cabinets
paper craft
paper engineering
stage craft
tubes
glass vessels
spy glass
helm wheel (ship’s wheel)
nautical apparatuses
pop-up books
book binding
bird cages
wire forms
dress forms
Victorian wallpaper
numerology
harlequin pattern
stripe pattern
hexagons
chains
old tools
collecting
bric-a-brac
bricolage
detritus
astrology
sun dial
astrolabe
sextant
armillary
surveillance
corporate culture
banality
Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss)
18th-century illustration
natural history
Abraham Cahan
dinosaurs
blue whale
technomancy
reflective globes
shadow puppets
miniature theaters
computer games
phantasmagoria
dioramas
naturalia
mirabilia
artefacta
scientifica
antiquites
exotica
Aldrovandi
memento mori
Four Deuces (Scar Face)
reliquaries
projectors
camera
thaumatrope
zoetrope
panopticon