tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28003186519653578152024-03-18T07:10:02.547-07:00Dull Tool Dim BulbJim Linderman blog about surface, wear, form and authenticity in self-taught art, outsider art, antique american folk art, antiques and photography. Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2654125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-68763221677383284992024-03-16T07:05:00.000-07:002024-03-16T07:05:03.907-07:00Rattlesnake Sculpture from Texas. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bo6hJqT5vHmaUBp9AAO0iYXniRZqlnuBRX8phZSjrKB0F5p3_ESY8Fq3A0O7jbUylSOIZQQCB8d4pp626HGXW34AsI4AlgdnXqWchJwjPJwu84ozdfldSGK0JkMgcrygrIaRFOR4JWfaz70AaIKPCat_BMfFOI8QB5oEXHi67oPnWGTMYKR8Tb9nJDCv/s2196/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%209.26.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="2196" data-original-width="1852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bo6hJqT5vHmaUBp9AAO0iYXniRZqlnuBRX8phZSjrKB0F5p3_ESY8Fq3A0O7jbUylSOIZQQCB8d4pp626HGXW34AsI4AlgdnXqWchJwjPJwu84ozdfldSGK0JkMgcrygrIaRFOR4JWfaz70AaIKPCat_BMfFOI8QB5oEXHi67oPnWGTMYKR8Tb9nJDCv/s400/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%209.26.47%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div>
On reverse “1090 Rattle Snakes represented in this design to be seen at Buckhorn Saloon. San Antonio, Texas” “Combination Design representing the emblem of
American and Mexican Eagle Made entirely out of the Rattles of the Diamond Back Rattlesnake to be seen at Albert’s Buckhorn Saloon” and "Indian Heads" There were apparently 12 different post cards of the establishment sold as a set in 1920. They were subsequently republished by a different printer as well. These 1920, published by Nic Tengg.
Rattlesnake sculpture. Pair of original post cards 1920 collection Jim Linderman / Dull. Tool Dim BulbDull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-90581011525482358362024-03-11T06:05:00.000-07:002024-03-11T06:06:18.225-07:00World's Largest Last Supper made of Buttons ! Norman C. Engler of Arkansas<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlqVkO0vbKHcFFAbEr8DdqgT_LgBDZ3acDtP4A37YcJM6Ip51Y3OjqgOUV-SLiSnqXeBS-2OhI_ormNPcZcCjJ2T1gzol2Kwdx07T8cjITYKEik7_1WeR9trtot_MZ4RDlAtUS3m2yF7mI5dJl6LLGkQKnY-UkV13b-ZXS04mCPm9fZXmXJTxowLyMr8X/s2104/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%205.46.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="2104" data-original-width="2102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlqVkO0vbKHcFFAbEr8DdqgT_LgBDZ3acDtP4A37YcJM6Ip51Y3OjqgOUV-SLiSnqXeBS-2OhI_ormNPcZcCjJ2T1gzol2Kwdx07T8cjITYKEik7_1WeR9trtot_MZ4RDlAtUS3m2yF7mI5dJl6LLGkQKnY-UkV13b-ZXS04mCPm9fZXmXJTxowLyMr8X/s400/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%205.46.02%E2%80%AFPM.png"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvFuqZVQD1cNB7zgsr7_NF8zKTN3AJuVhTIfsbu80ouZccjCopAWpR4ugAMTXJDjiqhXFwAdfu8G6kzxznt3GIom7AP-Z5_SpbNNtgBeYteusZsrXQIOrGvLK7uCvzIsfCMiT21NNbDp-Q5VpbnZ4LUNpZQACc_NxForS982MDpYpesBD7-xKvQgXjlIO/s4136/unnamed-12.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="2585" data-original-width="4136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvFuqZVQD1cNB7zgsr7_NF8zKTN3AJuVhTIfsbu80ouZccjCopAWpR4ugAMTXJDjiqhXFwAdfu8G6kzxznt3GIom7AP-Z5_SpbNNtgBeYteusZsrXQIOrGvLK7uCvzIsfCMiT21NNbDp-Q5VpbnZ4LUNpZQACc_NxForS982MDpYpesBD7-xKvQgXjlIO/s400/unnamed-12.jpg"/></a></div>
One never knows where a postcard will lead. In this case, to a rendition of the last supper made of buttons. Thousands of them! The piece is 88” x 30 inches. Created by master button artist Norman E. Engler. His son Peter Engler helped create a web page with a dozen of other creations, including a pioneer wagon train made of 25000 buttons!
Original real photo postcard “Where-Away” Home of the world’s largest button mosaics collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb. Photo of Last Supper from Button Country website: https://www.buttoncountry.com/Z%20old%20site/MosaicIndex.htmlDull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-16633933084779568422024-03-08T12:06:00.000-08:002024-03-08T12:26:55.047-08:0019th Century Folk Art Drawing Civil War Vet with Determination<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVc4iyb54MovZ5fJBIFfaGqV7s-IZQWDrojMX3lbYWtfPTtUxhna-aSya0QYt7ASKuzpIqmJd1PqCHZ7isQpZ_3wsXWKtp3gjJj6z4li6UJcBVxmqs1jrRn9tUO1dWJmGYE6cxFhwUWodv3BP2C99fgpAE_L15v8ZzRMdlj0g33C1IREQZfvQjJPRtVEu/s5424/unnamed-11.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="3703" data-original-width="5424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVc4iyb54MovZ5fJBIFfaGqV7s-IZQWDrojMX3lbYWtfPTtUxhna-aSya0QYt7ASKuzpIqmJd1PqCHZ7isQpZ_3wsXWKtp3gjJj6z4li6UJcBVxmqs1jrRn9tUO1dWJmGYE6cxFhwUWodv3BP2C99fgpAE_L15v8ZzRMdlj0g33C1IREQZfvQjJPRtVEu/s400/unnamed-11.jpg"/></a></div>
I love amateur artists who draw their own frames. It’s like they know they deserve one. This wonderful little folk art drawing depicts what appears to be a wounded civil war vet (with a kepi cap) determined to climb a sledding hill. The 19th century drawing was found in Maine, and sure enough a tiny sign to the right indicates his destination is “sargeants 1 mile.” Turns out Maine has a Sargeants Mountain in the Arcadia National Park. He is determined AND ambitious! Bonus points here for the face on the moon, and on the left the Big Dipper! A great folk art drawing loaded with cultural content and only 4” x 6”
19th C. Pencil drawing collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-5805271497216255102024-03-06T11:52:00.000-08:002024-03-06T11:52:01.025-08:00Moses Ogden New York Folk Art Sculpture Outsider Art Real Photo Postcard dated 1916<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5RlgkSsRQgB9hjOPCIq6VIu7N4SVSSGUH23FO-9HB7kcLTYPki3ytNN5AZkb-yxDT0h4IHbsBrxQvOBpLj0DIX2kBkfiF0NJu-lPUCRsLNDVlxDj6SNoPL15kzeuMQAnEVC17vHUtmE8YzGU1CgvGNIYLb4ny3FLEV1u-zCknK4VThy2eCXIWF5axmmM/s5938/unnamed-6.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="4055" data-original-width="5938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5RlgkSsRQgB9hjOPCIq6VIu7N4SVSSGUH23FO-9HB7kcLTYPki3ytNN5AZkb-yxDT0h4IHbsBrxQvOBpLj0DIX2kBkfiF0NJu-lPUCRsLNDVlxDj6SNoPL15kzeuMQAnEVC17vHUtmE8YzGU1CgvGNIYLb4ny3FLEV1u-zCknK4VThy2eCXIWF5axmmM/s400/unnamed-6.jpg"/></a></div>
A truly extraordinary Real Photo Post Card of the Moses Ogden folk art environment dated 1916. Turned up by Natalie Curley. I was hoping the indistinct writing would reveal a first person impression of his folk art environment but all I can make out is “given to (???) 1916” written along one border, and the equally indistinct caption on the photo. It seems to identify the place as “Ogden’s Curios.” The place was in Angelica, New York. I am not sure if this view has been published before. Great find!
I believe the first national publication to reveal Ogden’s sculptures was, of all places, Popular Science September in 1917. Numerous books have shown examples of Ogden’s work and scholar Tom Patterson tells his story in Raw Vision magazine Spring 2023
Real Photo Postcard collection Dull Tool Dim BulbDull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-86624229740758754952024-03-05T06:41:00.000-08:002024-03-05T06:41:16.333-08:00Ted the Teddy Bear Receives Repairs<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pDa3Mr993pffdfadATYUDgyg1X9SewhiS-vfqPc0gVJf-UHMvDJ0RQ5lFtWerSIWMHvRlG6TOSosYbt-wjdDVMh_72yhkj4r-bTpcXZ1QD9fROo7miK245a_jHwwHVX1_laYZ5hR0xSetZcWivYiYPHAX7CfDONOEamF4XnCRWiT2unXOG_MJK2PdWpq/s2160/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20at%208.58.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="2160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pDa3Mr993pffdfadATYUDgyg1X9SewhiS-vfqPc0gVJf-UHMvDJ0RQ5lFtWerSIWMHvRlG6TOSosYbt-wjdDVMh_72yhkj4r-bTpcXZ1QD9fROo7miK245a_jHwwHVX1_laYZ5hR0xSetZcWivYiYPHAX7CfDONOEamF4XnCRWiT2unXOG_MJK2PdWpq/s400/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20at%208.58.52%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div>
We had some surgery on Ted, single family owned for over 50 years. Amateur repairs had given him a character we wanted to preserve. The empathetic and talented Montanna Winskas did the job! Highly recommend her skills!
Ted c. 1965 collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog
Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-18782187913132831762024-03-04T06:25:00.000-08:002024-03-04T06:25:20.570-08:00Wayne B. Blouch "Men Conducting business" 19th century folk art Drawing<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcagMV276uIO4bcQAOkG3El96EYDbrNJNnn1VpFVP97Hw_oL9GMftVkanP5kxP32oLBRQsc-fcigCOSraIyYgfkVbXR_7KHfp0eTbw3TYH31ya-qDix9q7N8zAaSoKt9FDbmRJgKxS0ZD0BilwfgLyot2mBrvuuiOoBGDFfMcvULRqR4DRSyDRFqbB10Re/s9308/unnamed-8.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="5253" data-original-width="9308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcagMV276uIO4bcQAOkG3El96EYDbrNJNnn1VpFVP97Hw_oL9GMftVkanP5kxP32oLBRQsc-fcigCOSraIyYgfkVbXR_7KHfp0eTbw3TYH31ya-qDix9q7N8zAaSoKt9FDbmRJgKxS0ZD0BilwfgLyot2mBrvuuiOoBGDFfMcvULRqR4DRSyDRFqbB10Re/s400/unnamed-8.jpg"/></a></div>
Wayne B. Blouch "Men conducting business" 19th century folk art Drawing Collection Dull Tool Dim BulbDull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-3515140334891490912024-03-01T16:41:00.000-08:002024-03-01T16:41:27.822-08:00Vintage Folk Art Puppet Head late 19th / early 20th century<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsp9Ak4vZq_TAGhlI-Hi41VDBtzr11cK0l8M3ChXbald9DG6pjCbWjM_wWYDD-JyOd7bGCq3MXsdHhBy5mP4UknlKHY1y_blwz3PR4R2VU6dpQBm1l2YEdj-BXBQacsDgSMFDIE8vd_G9wMK7uvu8PuceH5wJKCgidBQJ3LXVOPIVEctvnVKvP0ETffTI/s593/unnamed-1.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsp9Ak4vZq_TAGhlI-Hi41VDBtzr11cK0l8M3ChXbald9DG6pjCbWjM_wWYDD-JyOd7bGCq3MXsdHhBy5mP4UknlKHY1y_blwz3PR4R2VU6dpQBm1l2YEdj-BXBQacsDgSMFDIE8vd_G9wMK7uvu8PuceH5wJKCgidBQJ3LXVOPIVEctvnVKvP0ETffTI/s400/unnamed-1.png"/></a></div>
Vintage Folk Art Puppet Head late 19th / early 20th century. "Hair" is wool.
Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim BulbDull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-54094885789483148192024-03-01T06:00:00.000-08:002024-03-01T06:00:42.736-08:00D. C. Nolan. Outsider Art. Photo Brut or mere Hoarder?<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd15182_fFjlg_Gb209i1iGniqxzk1ing8WZXKY5NNpzlkrzkhPwzAyurQYVRZ4GSs6vgtw93-ixaIUdoo44wApahqvz6tebIozCp30XxUTa07XXKLeiukN8OpvUFiRdVjgpNn8w73VyMzA2Wxyf2A4Nsz0eSVGl0mLZPkLh1BPpBEmit74t2obGBZTC6t/s1544/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%204.19.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd15182_fFjlg_Gb209i1iGniqxzk1ing8WZXKY5NNpzlkrzkhPwzAyurQYVRZ4GSs6vgtw93-ixaIUdoo44wApahqvz6tebIozCp30XxUTa07XXKLeiukN8OpvUFiRdVjgpNn8w73VyMzA2Wxyf2A4Nsz0eSVGl0mLZPkLh1BPpBEmit74t2obGBZTC6t/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%204.19.55%E2%80%AFPM.png"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuWwrJzi1OQBqjErP2z6dSLDkHBjrHaJpeRhples3DxxgQrZU_5lqqWLOcuvqJDRju6jouP_zD1ld2XnIxiaMd1NGaw1DkiMkTY-PDSAa_I61K1-loodMzLt7WEuzZyLWyx3lXqH8zkXq1vBWO9npfuAYnERfFmUywEINeZhpaIJwiHVJaNxADbzL4n46/s1666/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%204.31.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="display: block; 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Outsider art or Photo Brut? Just a good story Annual Outsider Art Fair post.
Since the 2019 publication of Bruno Decharme’s Photo Brut the collecting and study of outsider artists who incorporate photography into their oeuvre has been legitimized. An earlier exploration of the concept appeared in John Turner’s Create and Be Recognized: Photography on the Edge which did the same in 2004. This material meets the criteria of neither, although “cross category” might be more appropriate… but there’s really nothing else like them. D.C Nolan was a Pin-up fan and a rudimentary artist. I’ll add, most of all, he was a serious hoarder. It is a strange tale of obsession. There are three components to the work. First, hand decorated “nudie cutie” cardboard storage boxes. Lots of them. Two, the glossy vintage pin-up photographs. Thousands and thousands of them. Finally, the meticulous handwritten comments on the reverse of each photo. There have been two attempts to figure out his story. This is the third.
Each photo is hand stamped with the name David C. Nolan and an address in San Francisco. There were apparently hundreds of small boxes, I presume also each numbered and hand decorated. They contained thousands of photos from commercial pin-up photographers… and thousands of “stories” written in block letters on the reverse of the pictures. His sexist prose mimics the phony captions written under untold glamour girls in men’s magazines over the years. Fake names and made-up profiles. The two online sources for information on Nolan are the artist Jacinda Russell and the self-proclaimed pornographer Billy Watson. As they are the only sources, I will quote from each and link to their articles on my blog. My sets come from a follower of the blog, who rightly figured they would be of interest. The images are now 75 years old and were more acceptable then, as were the captions.
Jacinda Russell started the online mystery with a post on her blog “Something between want and desire”in 2011. Her collection of Nolan’s work came from her father, who purchased them at an antique shop in the 1980s. They had been placed for sale after being found at a recycling center in Boise, Idaho. Russell initially thought the Nolan was the photographer. He wasn’t. His collection of (then) risque photographs came from adverts in the back of stag mags from the late 1940s and early 1950s. Mail dealers would sell them cheap…I’ve seen ads offering “500 glossy prints for $1.99” It was highly unusual for the purchaser to index, comment, box possibly try to resell them, but it sounds like the collection began to outgrow his basement. In Nolan, they found the perfect client.
Jacinda Russell published them first. “My family thought that Nolan may have been the cameraman but that is not the case….he may be the publicist (or an archivist of some form) which is more convincing. I am still certain he was a (fill in the blank with words equivalent to lonely, lustful, etc.) man living in an apartment in Haight-Ashbury. I also like Drew's assessment that he was a baseball fan because of some of the material written on back of the photographs reads and is written like sports statistics.”
Russell did considerable research on the origins of the countless photographs of Marilyn Monroe collected by Nolan. She visited the printed address in San Francisco to no great avail. She even placed several of his images and prose in a photography show at the Jennifer Schwartz Gallery titled “Lust” in 2012. She studied Henry Darger’s apartment installation at Intuit and pondered the similarities of their private obsessions. Nolan’s obsessiveness became her own, and through a series of posts on her blog she records the process of discovery aptly.
Billy Watson found his at a shop in San Francisco around the same time. Each picture was $1.50 and he bought fifty. “The clerk looked up at me and said, “there’s a whole lot of Nolans floating around. We got them from the flea market down in Pasadena a while back, and the person we bought them from said he’d been selling them for years. Apparently, when Mr. Nolan passed, his wife went down to the basement for the first time to see what was down there. The basement was strictly off-limits to her, so he dies, she goes down there, and to her horror she discovers files and files of these.”
“Files and files?” I repeated.
The clerk looked up at me and said cooly, “Three hundred thousand. Give or take.”
My draw dropped. “You mean like…a quarter million Nolans?”
The clerk nodded his head. “She was so embarrassed she didn’t even sell them. She just gave them to the first person who agreed to haul the whole lot out of her basement.”
Billy Watson
The writing itself is hoary and hackneyed appraisals of the models from the 1950s in exacting block printing. Many of them fill the entire backside of the photo. Most notable in my sets are the glorious Gloria Greenfel, who seems real, but I suppose even she was a pseudonym. If there is an element of art here other than “adding value” to each by fabricating stories about the anonymous women who posed, it is more a story of a compulsive
behavior. Interestingly, one of Nolan’s boxes is labeled “Camera Club Models” so the phrase had caught on even before Bettie Page was posing for the informal groups of amateur photographers. some sources and links will follow on the blog along with a few more images.
Group of David C. Nolan photographs and storage boxes Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
SOURCES
Lenscratch. http://lenscratch.com/2013/12/jacinda-russell/
Jacinda Russell. https://jacindarussell.com/home.html
http://jacindarussellart.blogspot.com/2012/06/henry-darger-david-c-nolan.html
Billy Watson https://www.ishootporn.com/6720/david-c-nolan-and-his-smut-collection/
Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-29549243453806210112024-02-25T07:46:00.000-08:002024-02-25T07:46:48.993-08:00Black History Month original snapshot photographs from the book The Birth of Rock and Roll by Jim Linderman<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XjHIAs9kAO-1PATjSR4HmusO3LLtbKHB8JSz0rS7AUqkhhamzbkbh25MMHX-5-Qd-357LSNLA7Uty3v91tRIVz8i2AjFakEckP2TS-1w-0D6YgmEzvZ7WN2idzPb65izqJhNl1BKBHCBK6rDXeymZONhvPoQSQUVr3OgZRUP1L2TuwdCjiI_SBeuAarT/s1998/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%2010.42.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1998" data-original-width="1718" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XjHIAs9kAO-1PATjSR4HmusO3LLtbKHB8JSz0rS7AUqkhhamzbkbh25MMHX-5-Qd-357LSNLA7Uty3v91tRIVz8i2AjFakEckP2TS-1w-0D6YgmEzvZ7WN2idzPb65izqJhNl1BKBHCBK6rDXeymZONhvPoQSQUVr3OgZRUP1L2TuwdCjiI_SBeuAarT/s400/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%2010.42.18%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div>
Untitled (anonymous) From a set of ten snapshots, c. 1950-1960 collection Jim Linderman
(From the book The Birth of Rock and Roll)
#blackhistorymonth #snapshot #dance #vernacularphotography.Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-35762759966483431792024-02-22T06:19:00.000-08:002024-02-22T06:19:32.426-08:00The Election of 1936. Amateur hand drawn Broadsides from Both sides<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXFaPiHTvIqRqhlPQo2G2So0L9vQVFuHU13U8vWT270kxlNFbHrXms9wFV3mPAUJ7u86LSAFLX3fLG12kl8sXtyccoeZUoQ6E42Y8Hw2HqkAsLw_XQi5KD7qupnMgWtaGp2lwcYbaCYTC63V-jyTj5MwbzrnLFtIvd1UmdBxwKRzTI9uFIUWI_a6vUxDD/s3440/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%208.30.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXFaPiHTvIqRqhlPQo2G2So0L9vQVFuHU13U8vWT270kxlNFbHrXms9wFV3mPAUJ7u86LSAFLX3fLG12kl8sXtyccoeZUoQ6E42Y8Hw2HqkAsLw_XQi5KD7qupnMgWtaGp2lwcYbaCYTC63V-jyTj5MwbzrnLFtIvd1UmdBxwKRzTI9uFIUWI_a6vUxDD/s400/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%208.30.28%E2%80%AFPM.png"/></a></div>
This pair of hand drawn amateur broadsides from the 1936 election reveal political discourse is nothing new. The stakes were high then too…but fortunately Roosevelt won (and the world was saved with help from our European allies). NATO, anyone? I had to censor a shameful racial epithet (from the Republican advocate (of course) but otherwise things are about the same.
Handmade political broadsides with drawings 1936. Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb.Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-32509158070867072732024-02-21T06:25:00.000-08:002024-02-21T06:25:04.655-08:00Dilmus Hall Yard Art Sculpture "The Drunkard"<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcL4vUTM_kYu3aIsJlGKcwtiCk-ymPt3U7qimj0qthKDYnYUE2aeAWhckHrN9TKsxacQcRK_Dd7GvrH-JNhywpa3FDaWps_YbpyPCR0NOyPx8EYAZFSz8q9Xx5kHufpRanoTSQOpux8gkJG4ERDPTiIM2Sq4HR0d4nv0YKT_dc_WPe6ATcIjsr-SUtTeX/s1810/Screenshot%202024-01-09%20at%207.17.36%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcL4vUTM_kYu3aIsJlGKcwtiCk-ymPt3U7qimj0qthKDYnYUE2aeAWhckHrN9TKsxacQcRK_Dd7GvrH-JNhywpa3FDaWps_YbpyPCR0NOyPx8EYAZFSz8q9Xx5kHufpRanoTSQOpux8gkJG4ERDPTiIM2Sq4HR0d4nv0YKT_dc_WPe6ATcIjsr-SUtTeX/s400/Screenshot%202024-01-09%20at%207.17.36%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div>
Remnants of "The Devil and the Drunkard" in the yard of Georgia artist Dilmus Hall early 1990s. Original photo by Jim Linderman. Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-37561674457697534502024-02-15T06:46:00.000-08:002024-02-15T06:58:54.300-08:00Dirt Track Disaster ! George Herzog Dies on the Ho-Ho-Kus New Jersey Racetrack 1934<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx8Kz4JyWLO1fLUBtlBfuxw3E56O3noU5u8LHrVLwrYhOUqkt20-WyWGABYLJi5rsX6ur1x8yy_4ECcUZdA9Kle4JYzrYyFz6N9kJS5MzXvsI6uj0FOIl-VfyJUxf891LogczW8tfGq025IMfautOOlr_iF7-7uxjQCGqa_vBjrRdGBSL7ePDTJLYnOth/s9359/unnamed-2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="9359" data-original-width="6800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx8Kz4JyWLO1fLUBtlBfuxw3E56O3noU5u8LHrVLwrYhOUqkt20-WyWGABYLJi5rsX6ur1x8yy_4ECcUZdA9Kle4JYzrYyFz6N9kJS5MzXvsI6uj0FOIl-VfyJUxf891LogczW8tfGq025IMfautOOlr_iF7-7uxjQCGqa_vBjrRdGBSL7ePDTJLYnOth/s400/unnamed-2.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7Y2goTa4-sFFB-ZabWq2CixkV0G6aZxmcggx5DnJ3b60vznRHlrSgEAZZKqpuo91PQ7ny04TMlMiXoFbG7bOmZbvyQvn21-Gv795Qapw2jECgfu4l8fwXyBl2fw2o0obZjT4b5eOxUIDe9JxOcbEudnFP735NFGf453HS6S3HBA7Cys4oSX565huo2N9/s2754/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%209.38.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="2754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7Y2goTa4-sFFB-ZabWq2CixkV0G6aZxmcggx5DnJ3b60vznRHlrSgEAZZKqpuo91PQ7ny04TMlMiXoFbG7bOmZbvyQvn21-Gv795Qapw2jECgfu4l8fwXyBl2fw2o0obZjT4b5eOxUIDe9JxOcbEudnFP735NFGf453HS6S3HBA7Cys4oSX565huo2N9/s400/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%209.38.05%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div>
Two morbid crayon drawings pay a gruesome tribute to early race driver George Herzog in 1934. The Ho-Ho-Kus NJ half-mile dirt track was created for horses, not humans. Calls for the track to be closed were dismissed in 1932. Better to satisfy the daredevil culture of the young artist here. “George Herzog, 23 years old, of Matawan, N.J., one of ten finalists in the feature event of the automobile races here today, was fatally injured when his machine overturned three times. His neck was broken and he received other injuries, dying in an ambulance on the way to the Paterson General Hospital.” NYT May 30, 1934. The year before this tragic event, Mr. Herzog had been granted a patent for a new “crank shaft grinder” so he was an early gear head. The lurid, sorrowful event depicted by a pair of particularly vibrant crayon works. Kudos for the artist for seemingly inventing the phrase “Deadhead” decades before the Grateful Dead! Thanks to Natalie Curley Antiques!
Anonymous crayon drawings, 1934 by Anonymous Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog
#automobile. #racing #ho-ho-kus. #death. #racetrack #selftaughtartist Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-67067266008223370802024-02-12T07:55:00.000-08:002024-02-12T09:44:58.534-08:00Handmade miniature American Flag Book Watercolor Schoolgirl Art <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-WR0ppBzcnPpEfKU4W9kkkBWNADy1IHFzt2Gbz_VBahN7aG97gyW9h0m-xM6k9FFlZ-OARkS0a4aPX9zi3mZGmGlVNxKCOGM5ois5SJwnxIR8xqfIjvBGic_nyslGRkSh4byZHInmuQrbMVj9aaqbGuS3RUfzUnGCTOD5_nsv2P13N0MeAAS8CktqQiw/s3477/unnamed-14.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="3477" data-original-width="2703" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-WR0ppBzcnPpEfKU4W9kkkBWNADy1IHFzt2Gbz_VBahN7aG97gyW9h0m-xM6k9FFlZ-OARkS0a4aPX9zi3mZGmGlVNxKCOGM5ois5SJwnxIR8xqfIjvBGic_nyslGRkSh4byZHInmuQrbMVj9aaqbGuS3RUfzUnGCTOD5_nsv2P13N0MeAAS8CktqQiw/s400/unnamed-14.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BaeGTDYRoih-zq5OAqYkkbatCLO5f1FRXq928RfyYg77qbkfIxPldZyLF7dtDG40sfzEPH0A4Wje_gcZiUMyWwmZMg0otw_fgnj8NATk0OI42voFP1nFRKGX5cYkgzb6_AoBN0j9myV5QP1fuGVDSOuG1KmnZFSfvW5EMtSxhrVXwC_rKpprZsaavA4b/s5079/unnamed-15.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="5079" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BaeGTDYRoih-zq5OAqYkkbatCLO5f1FRXq928RfyYg77qbkfIxPldZyLF7dtDG40sfzEPH0A4Wje_gcZiUMyWwmZMg0otw_fgnj8NATk0OI42voFP1nFRKGX5cYkgzb6_AoBN0j9myV5QP1fuGVDSOuG1KmnZFSfvW5EMtSxhrVXwC_rKpprZsaavA4b/s400/unnamed-15.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiCWmN_Uoes4cgw0c4ttxeUyt6hN3lYMd1XlNP0IV-bJwqgaS7wVmdo4EG0ur7gXZAVh6yshXp-Of24E2JmqDsI6eLjnsQ3fpT1t8f3dS2BebcmRVbR93W525kFFwSypRwDFeQjevcjwtZ8b6g_0f9dv-0fT5CMdApf0v9sZxm7C3SUQG7SPdgZKgwj78/s5023/unnamed-11.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="3495" data-original-width="5023" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiCWmN_Uoes4cgw0c4ttxeUyt6hN3lYMd1XlNP0IV-bJwqgaS7wVmdo4EG0ur7gXZAVh6yshXp-Of24E2JmqDsI6eLjnsQ3fpT1t8f3dS2BebcmRVbR93W525kFFwSypRwDFeQjevcjwtZ8b6g_0f9dv-0fT5CMdApf0v9sZxm7C3SUQG7SPdgZKgwj78/s400/unnamed-11.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys0cLxeblwh4CZbkWCruDzUc-0RETLPbQVuuIYdzI1JQUR7yjFWEUuG0Qcz3cDx_TLyrv8cBDKQ4bj9dDrE0P7csR9rA380-CyvMqxO-5XnKMocS4xiMWkTcQLGFnySfItw2ct0Co9oNU9Tn-5zHMn1yfSDcYeikomBhtjOJ-X7sRqwet-Yab9fF73_es/s3495/unnamed-13.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="3495" data-original-width="2463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys0cLxeblwh4CZbkWCruDzUc-0RETLPbQVuuIYdzI1JQUR7yjFWEUuG0Qcz3cDx_TLyrv8cBDKQ4bj9dDrE0P7csR9rA380-CyvMqxO-5XnKMocS4xiMWkTcQLGFnySfItw2ct0Co9oNU9Tn-5zHMn1yfSDcYeikomBhtjOJ-X7sRqwet-Yab9fF73_es/s400/unnamed-13.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuv2vbJu4EHfSwDNPQIPb2ExsLhjeXHi1SVM5n5bZJae_EomXR-bi3c3CMXjtJ2HfJ6PydotVQb0MsAb3YLKZWk3RuEl0UaKCyV4R4gkGe7hfZ9yOJQXeAAFgtDIagIRTL9mmPmul4rECGfr1-GB833mT1XE6selhWgvjetoiZkQehQoyvT8RTdHFwHHi/s5033/unnamed-12.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="3504" data-original-width="5033" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuv2vbJu4EHfSwDNPQIPb2ExsLhjeXHi1SVM5n5bZJae_EomXR-bi3c3CMXjtJ2HfJ6PydotVQb0MsAb3YLKZWk3RuEl0UaKCyV4R4gkGe7hfZ9yOJQXeAAFgtDIagIRTL9mmPmul4rECGfr1-GB833mT1XE6selhWgvjetoiZkQehQoyvT8RTdHFwHHi/s400/unnamed-12.jpg"/></a></div>
A page from an early handmade miniature book with watercolors of notable colonial flags. A school project by a young woman. The page here shows the controversial “Don’t tread on me” Gasden flag, most recently seen among the cretins breaking into our Capitol building. To date, 1230 of the crowd have been prosecuted, many because they were dumb enough to post selfies of themselves doing it.
“The American Flag” handpainted booklet crayon, watercolor Early 20th Century. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-38946592934933142972024-02-09T06:12:00.000-08:002024-02-09T06:12:31.446-08:00Love During Wartime letters home with hand drawn cachets World War Two
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxT4j_tyGtwLZwvfjZIEiKINGv-Adfr1oy95Ti6pOLf78wtRFC29p2J533AIuUODmGxzt0Gv1JQmQb8A5XKR6SpDN_vOPvdvKJ_U91ZKrVQKTv18ZA3WL-tTZXNe6eVzzWb_TNRjC9d8zn0MpNLk6Xzu4J3qfxShcNO14nrEJ5D82Dr8GHba61K0Um-WS/s2180/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%202.20.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="2180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxT4j_tyGtwLZwvfjZIEiKINGv-Adfr1oy95Ti6pOLf78wtRFC29p2J533AIuUODmGxzt0Gv1JQmQb8A5XKR6SpDN_vOPvdvKJ_U91ZKrVQKTv18ZA3WL-tTZXNe6eVzzWb_TNRjC9d8zn0MpNLk6Xzu4J3qfxShcNO14nrEJ5D82Dr8GHba61K0Um-WS/s400/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%202.20.40%E2%80%AFPM.png"/></a></div>A heartbreaking entry in the “Love during Wartime” series on the blog.
A series of letter envelopes from a soldier to his love back home in 1942, each with a hand drawn cachet.
Thanks and a tip of the hat To Boxlot on Facebook.
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Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-58013600152830458922024-02-06T06:02:00.000-08:002024-02-06T06:02:48.533-08:00Capt. George Harvey Sea Goofs Driftwood Sculptures of Oregon Folk Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELqVUAHAqBOXi8POY05fw0ktjiMocgkToIcgdsoBac7VysE36bQ7XWPPUzXeaP7BEB1eOm7DVY1H15e3ecm7Wlsad6ieRFrVu7C95BEdOHFSYknQQvykjIVIlIQQMFoZmt50XJGv1c3AsxmgKvFaPPlUPKPI3SJ5c4eeESibpUWUGzmbZFeY7z-Mk8JLp/s3960/unnamed-14.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="2633" data-original-width="3960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELqVUAHAqBOXi8POY05fw0ktjiMocgkToIcgdsoBac7VysE36bQ7XWPPUzXeaP7BEB1eOm7DVY1H15e3ecm7Wlsad6ieRFrVu7C95BEdOHFSYknQQvykjIVIlIQQMFoZmt50XJGv1c3AsxmgKvFaPPlUPKPI3SJ5c4eeESibpUWUGzmbZFeY7z-Mk8JLp/s400/unnamed-14.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpyRJmYw3IfhyGKzl1K1LBavPP5y6RcHjo57VVFUVomQPjT1lE8PjOHRwaH2ITSBlUGLnzPIxKlGNHD3BwfAIpMXyR2dY7Cs9z5kAAOc4I9woq45v05jAqNPbjMKVPLwvkDNRYD9og600pN10kehqm9I-oz5l_QH3IGdPDLs0r4jcFXU_mrMeFneLHIO2/s4256/unnamed-13.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="4256" data-original-width="2471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpyRJmYw3IfhyGKzl1K1LBavPP5y6RcHjo57VVFUVomQPjT1lE8PjOHRwaH2ITSBlUGLnzPIxKlGNHD3BwfAIpMXyR2dY7Cs9z5kAAOc4I9woq45v05jAqNPbjMKVPLwvkDNRYD9og600pN10kehqm9I-oz5l_QH3IGdPDLs0r4jcFXU_mrMeFneLHIO2/s400/unnamed-13.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKUeJQuuaxXmiaE2gETPqH-hnOpVJgTUAVE5WB_W1ptx59HKEHTMsHYVL8wjMeNEUOGhgBdHg4dL2BTHYuWxRo-Xu1RRYt1Wb4S2pWH4g_5uCNtgKSd9RAoRvMldmKirPxpXuM0nHLN0SIuBf3-Sm1W5W4cBHg-LJ-kHWgX1Nq9tQrtWlIONnA6tI2M1l/s3945/unnamed-12.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="2670" data-original-width="3945" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKUeJQuuaxXmiaE2gETPqH-hnOpVJgTUAVE5WB_W1ptx59HKEHTMsHYVL8wjMeNEUOGhgBdHg4dL2BTHYuWxRo-Xu1RRYt1Wb4S2pWH4g_5uCNtgKSd9RAoRvMldmKirPxpXuM0nHLN0SIuBf3-Sm1W5W4cBHg-LJ-kHWgX1Nq9tQrtWlIONnA6tI2M1l/s400/unnamed-12.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYQPDCyw81LLLGEtysIiOGnHoMfYJTunLEWRWkGrF_QIbG2Q1ww00aMVw5vGpuNVfjle308V0xABTi8xZkxElaCJqFwz72EFq3wN9UDDSlOY-kEtoNh2YfV6_lfXLR1TLT53Ioev-PGijgfwcZnvqJ3sjfRPXwMALXFRIndVvfrbP_gxwpXvQLpNl5WkT/s3872/unnamed-11.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="2723" data-original-width="3872" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYQPDCyw81LLLGEtysIiOGnHoMfYJTunLEWRWkGrF_QIbG2Q1ww00aMVw5vGpuNVfjle308V0xABTi8xZkxElaCJqFwz72EFq3wN9UDDSlOY-kEtoNh2YfV6_lfXLR1TLT53Ioev-PGijgfwcZnvqJ3sjfRPXwMALXFRIndVvfrbP_gxwpXvQLpNl5WkT/s400/unnamed-11.jpg"/></a></div>
In which we hit either a new high or a new low! “One of the famous “Sea Goofs” created by Capt. George Harvey entirely by driftwood, shells, etc. found on the ocean beaches of Oregon.
The entire collection is on display at the Look-out on Cape Fowlweather, Oregon Coast.” Set of Real Photo Postcards c. 1950? Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb.
#folkart. #driftwood. #sculpture. #Oregon #rppc #realphotopostcard
Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-59487204050656490042024-02-02T09:02:00.000-08:002024-02-02T09:02:38.993-08:00Antique Folk Art Bottle Whimsey of a Telegraph Tapper<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy-_AHPrKFxnKPt-uf4D5VGOCuRyvnHVEIFCg2DUCsVYCoOYHfbZ5tf5hMCPN7GmmXJQ7bK2m5lAR9JmLA83XCQvpo6c20l0BNKFPAs27e0Ad03I5TuF9GTaa4ZyHC2oi6GjhhU31tVHpIZmkESActkFr8mkRLPFSDiJEj9nIvSW6NAPNOYPpdp08VpbO/s2628/Screenshot%202024-02-02%20at%2011.35.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="2628" data-original-width="1604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy-_AHPrKFxnKPt-uf4D5VGOCuRyvnHVEIFCg2DUCsVYCoOYHfbZ5tf5hMCPN7GmmXJQ7bK2m5lAR9JmLA83XCQvpo6c20l0BNKFPAs27e0Ad03I5TuF9GTaa4ZyHC2oi6GjhhU31tVHpIZmkESActkFr8mkRLPFSDiJEj9nIvSW6NAPNOYPpdp08VpbO/s400/Screenshot%202024-02-02%20at%2011.35.16%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div>A wonderful folk art bottle whimsey of a telegraph tapper! I placed a photo of an actual piece below as I don’t think many remember the telegraph. Think S.O.S. Samuel Morse tapped out his famous “What Has God Wrought” from Washington to Baltimore in 1844 and communication was never the same. Dots and Dashes predated the telephone by 40 years or so, but the little device lasted for years beyond. I imagine a solitary telegraph operator waiting for signals, and filling his time (and this inkwell bottle) out of boredom. Only two inches tall! A beautiful little folk art sculpture with considerable historical interest.
Handmade bottle whimsey depicting a telegraph tapper in a bottle. Collection Jim Linderman. Circa 1850 - 1900.
#folkart #whimsies #whimsy. #whimsey. #antique. #telegraph Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-40369319300758672522024-01-21T06:15:00.000-08:002024-01-21T06:16:31.953-08:00Antique American Folk Art Sculpture Mickey Mouse Whirligig circa 1928 collection Jim Linderrman<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5sru1Pagv0bOrsoPWd-o1brfkeRy1WOlwNg6H8IKfYkIHYyA8uRjvQeHt9KRpavPjgh11rSvZrBleKF7OGOc7l84S-__V9qGxSfw10CpiXTW-oC_UoPjF2Phi-ra7WHu8N7gRRfbA1Bk_UncQkHezG3gMD6u10zgQMVrs6FT6GRqdkLnp4HwmEXjypoP/s859/unnamed-2.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5sru1Pagv0bOrsoPWd-o1brfkeRy1WOlwNg6H8IKfYkIHYyA8uRjvQeHt9KRpavPjgh11rSvZrBleKF7OGOc7l84S-__V9qGxSfw10CpiXTW-oC_UoPjF2Phi-ra7WHu8N7gRRfbA1Bk_UncQkHezG3gMD6u10zgQMVrs6FT6GRqdkLnp4HwmEXjypoP/s400/unnamed-2.png"/></a></div>
A fantastic “abstracted” Mickey Mouse whirligig from the Steamboat Willie days! I don’t have to worry about Disney’s battery of litigious lawyers thanks to the recent copyright situation allowing us all to “own” the mouse. Mickey was supposed to enter the public domain long ago, but the “Sonny Bono copyright extension law” passed in 1998 bought them more time. Don’t blame Sonny…they just tacked his name on the bill after he tragically skied into a tree. (I love this piece)
Handmade folk art “Mickey Mouse” whirligig circa 1928. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb.
#dulltooldimbulb #whirligig. #folkart #folkartsculpture #mickeymouse #jimlinderman #disneyDull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-82576324167107112432024-01-20T07:17:00.000-08:002024-01-20T08:06:12.032-08:00Ionel Talpazan UFO Alien drawing c. 1990 Art Brut<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqRYFq9A9e_YxQdEuA-14b2LTvPnl8cz55h7ldAVeO6BVhIuAIFf820l77f87Y1nBNxoMCoRbCUfQGZYTMDSCBrt5v9qTb6xMNnvHkOnqQ7Ot2mM8q25-_cRoVdUHa3ORXsora2GI-D_tLyurZupYGvRp_QhlHpsKycylQE_nTwuOWVyDo_B1SdfDhZIh/s3199/unnamed-10.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="3199" data-original-width="2612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqRYFq9A9e_YxQdEuA-14b2LTvPnl8cz55h7ldAVeO6BVhIuAIFf820l77f87Y1nBNxoMCoRbCUfQGZYTMDSCBrt5v9qTb6xMNnvHkOnqQ7Ot2mM8q25-_cRoVdUHa3ORXsora2GI-D_tLyurZupYGvRp_QhlHpsKycylQE_nTwuOWVyDo_B1SdfDhZIh/s400/unnamed-10.jpg"/></a></div>
An early Ionel Talpazan work circa 1990. I met the artist on the street and have many pleasant memories and stories…but mostly he just wore me out. He didn’t draw too many faces…but this is a good one.
Untitled 20 x 24. Private Collection. Dull Tool Dim Bulb Archives.
#dulltooldimbulb #artbrut #outsiderart #ioneltalpazan #ufo #alienDull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-7024224708843022312024-01-18T06:06:00.000-08:002024-01-18T06:06:03.794-08:00The Rolling Trade Sign ! Goodyear giant Airwheel Tire on Tour in the 1930s.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBluPTjNgL-2HIwST-4psxaq4_WAai0_klBkvCW8lFwvrAXbjB1yo_-rLR66zSoUdU9-MbexG3rurR1LuqhYehBdWzsin_SpHovnGSkNEZPJiFeIsgQCiucGnc8jLn7usoNepgTDqYA4zajnjfEmHnjZhaobxbgbCTwk4ib77KvnecU7rkHCGVYdao3P2/s2505/unnamed-9.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="2505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBluPTjNgL-2HIwST-4psxaq4_WAai0_klBkvCW8lFwvrAXbjB1yo_-rLR66zSoUdU9-MbexG3rurR1LuqhYehBdWzsin_SpHovnGSkNEZPJiFeIsgQCiucGnc8jLn7usoNepgTDqYA4zajnjfEmHnjZhaobxbgbCTwk4ib77KvnecU7rkHCGVYdao3P2/s400/unnamed-9.jpg"/></a></div>A rare original snapshot of the Goodyear Airwheel, the first low pressure aviation tire. To celebrate the invention, this rolling “trade sign” was built to roll around the United States in 1930. (Back then “going viral” was the same as “hitting the road” I guess) I don’t believe any of these 12 foot monsters were put into production for use…but they COULD have been and that is the point. Goodyear’s promotional material at the time envisioned a giant tour bus for the desert bounding along on a set.
Original snapshot rolling advertisement for the Airwheel circa 1930. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
#tires. #tradesign. #goodyear. #snapshot. #dulltooldimbulb Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-65881650215332218002024-01-11T07:11:00.000-08:002024-01-11T07:11:35.481-08:00Dance Till You Drop ! Vintage Dance Contest Couple Real Photo Postcard c. 1935 Collection Jim Linderman<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvzn9IOM-vMezNWjdAcK8NU-FMhb413C-GbqgCi1JEPJKIEFXdkHV_4bf1q8xbGNQnpMZZ4A9Hr9a8iijBuC5qRDsdgnWVsphlSZlWLNb84XAklTRacQZSubl6SoEpX3EkGT4fXeERhb7MzauSsCx4Xfmic631tgKasllHTp2ft7fy_9sWoWnSp-qkH_3/s3124/Screenshot%202024-01-09%20at%208.01.56%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1962" data-original-width="3124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvzn9IOM-vMezNWjdAcK8NU-FMhb413C-GbqgCi1JEPJKIEFXdkHV_4bf1q8xbGNQnpMZZ4A9Hr9a8iijBuC5qRDsdgnWVsphlSZlWLNb84XAklTRacQZSubl6SoEpX3EkGT4fXeERhb7MzauSsCx4Xfmic631tgKasllHTp2ft7fy_9sWoWnSp-qkH_3/s400/Screenshot%202024-01-09%20at%208.01.56%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div>
Dance Till You Drop ! Vintage Dance Contest Couple Real Photo Postcard c. 1935 Collection Jim LindermanDull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-20875061481418936612024-01-11T07:04:00.000-08:002024-01-11T07:04:39.299-08:00Head with Negative Space. Bronze Industrial Head Thing<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeg0mUMtWxZt6mxwMvXl5UEAmx4eiPZBTnwVTYOdOtWo0e7u_FuEUKgON8aWVcBD79uBfwUkGnRXuhTCD7GLK7JISfzsPPWgRT7YArKZaf9locQyp254eyPA9lCRbtRP8HRiDgm3Ef1WeeQ-Jd1DPQFqIbd6zZCyQpcHpatH3-vRrFDwE4VnEsnKSdvJu/s1544/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%2010.50.21%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeg0mUMtWxZt6mxwMvXl5UEAmx4eiPZBTnwVTYOdOtWo0e7u_FuEUKgON8aWVcBD79uBfwUkGnRXuhTCD7GLK7JISfzsPPWgRT7YArKZaf9locQyp254eyPA9lCRbtRP8HRiDgm3Ef1WeeQ-Jd1DPQFqIbd6zZCyQpcHpatH3-vRrFDwE4VnEsnKSdvJu/s400/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%2010.50.21%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div>
Brass industrial head thing. 15" tall. Circa 1960. I have absolutely no idea what it is.
Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb / Jim LindermanDull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-38331709766345332602024-01-05T14:19:00.000-08:002024-01-05T14:19:22.142-08:00Cayuga County Folk Art Sculpture on a Tree New York Carved Tree by Civil War soldier<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpQcDBqDth-6Wqly79xjBSTcdyvvGixOUQ7630P9UL-O9IJ-rx1vQuDFXeO-oK29Q2WEfq9M0qwWYOQDVHRVBGLHFw9-aPVQy27nX2B2j_D0OCsT0a17HZpDlxJei3GeAOJpuV7LbPYoGx7CDtR4sAV9urbglBDv6N6l9lhIDTPkJv_FbU0l5RvwbNaW-/s919/405423363_10224928240858128_279154506452352314_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpQcDBqDth-6Wqly79xjBSTcdyvvGixOUQ7630P9UL-O9IJ-rx1vQuDFXeO-oK29Q2WEfq9M0qwWYOQDVHRVBGLHFw9-aPVQy27nX2B2j_D0OCsT0a17HZpDlxJei3GeAOJpuV7LbPYoGx7CDtR4sAV9urbglBDv6N6l9lhIDTPkJv_FbU0l5RvwbNaW-/s400/405423363_10224928240858128_279154506452352314_n.jpg"/></a></div>
Former Civil War soldier George E. Carr carved this high-rent neighborhood for birds in 1911, it was situated at Barber's Corner, a mile west of Sciopioville, three miles east of Levanna in Cayuga County. It was 18 feet high. The reverse indicates it was “built on a well-kept lawn” and “there are forty figures…which are painted in various colors to make them prominent.”
Cayuga County Totem Tree Postcard 1912 collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-55892516079915613082024-01-05T08:07:00.000-08:002024-01-05T08:07:39.541-08:00 Large Strange Group of Hand Decorated Vintage Pinup Clippings<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdWwLiF59TR79-kvEpz8VX6GGcTRgV-loz5U7Raxn7vF7c_MhAt9qHZpjbyJqLteYTgSIBy7IxKfOEXD0fbLfyh0-9-zad30uYb-qVM7_l5_qxvnrbchQsp5km2vEfm1tnA9VB5MN3CWA-JEmide7dSBRQk-Dbqx19aMo8KS_Su2oK8uSf-VAVTG7KsrK/s3526/Screenshot%202023-12-17%20at%209.45.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="2130" data-original-width="3526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdWwLiF59TR79-kvEpz8VX6GGcTRgV-loz5U7Raxn7vF7c_MhAt9qHZpjbyJqLteYTgSIBy7IxKfOEXD0fbLfyh0-9-zad30uYb-qVM7_l5_qxvnrbchQsp5km2vEfm1tnA9VB5MN3CWA-JEmide7dSBRQk-Dbqx19aMo8KS_Su2oK8uSf-VAVTG7KsrK/s400/Screenshot%202023-12-17%20at%209.45.33%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CLKKze4kytvdjBmgSd1VM1RPr5oPTJG0WlbGjeSHy6MAuR6aNkwa00LPA29ZMZFrg8Gj85b939gmgtcButP5b7OHIRH09MtaxxfyJ-2aYXwv4jXe4ktX9eexQeIs7Ae9v27koiEBTXKvtdO5RtU1MS_UHIWHfGc6Lbe44a3ZmkseBqTJJxAuvl5mWI8P/s3176/Screenshot%202023-12-17%20at%209.48.40%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1996" data-original-width="3176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CLKKze4kytvdjBmgSd1VM1RPr5oPTJG0WlbGjeSHy6MAuR6aNkwa00LPA29ZMZFrg8Gj85b939gmgtcButP5b7OHIRH09MtaxxfyJ-2aYXwv4jXe4ktX9eexQeIs7Ae9v27koiEBTXKvtdO5RtU1MS_UHIWHfGc6Lbe44a3ZmkseBqTJJxAuvl5mWI8P/s400/Screenshot%202023-12-17%20at%209.48.40%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOMdPil73KecoMdZyI20P7GMM5azupiqzGwRIfRgmKUGkpqoRDEW8QukEo3jXD5GTXNo6kQ2O1Rl-07FdNHhafZxCiBUq8L8sYJ_mlCT0maB4BHsuqOkbKgCBaGYUm2VTs2NppYPCl_O1ZwqENgfk9fGo0etGKbHUM-6Cquoqs40fg9QG58SFZG3ONv7X/s942/unnamed-1.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="942" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOMdPil73KecoMdZyI20P7GMM5azupiqzGwRIfRgmKUGkpqoRDEW8QukEo3jXD5GTXNo6kQ2O1Rl-07FdNHhafZxCiBUq8L8sYJ_mlCT0maB4BHsuqOkbKgCBaGYUm2VTs2NppYPCl_O1ZwqENgfk9fGo0etGKbHUM-6Cquoqs40fg9QG58SFZG3ONv7X/s400/unnamed-1.png"/></a></div>
Among my strangest finds…a large group of scissor cut pinups from the 1940s to 1960s, each bizarrely decorated with red dots. Even I find them creepy. Interestingly, the larger color cutouts often had original red polka dots. Too weird not to show. I guess "obsessive" is the proper term of description.
Large group of cutout printed images enhanced with red marker. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb.Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-24049649366651842852024-01-03T09:12:00.000-08:002024-01-03T09:12:05.544-08:00Carver's Traveling Museum : Weapons and a Horned Chicken on Display
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDS_F9eKSGWiuFoyzeh51i4gRnOPLG9-zhyFCwcXA79vlL3yDd7pbEUaCk63oZ5UraG6KbEljopu9IiDkmJrMVhCzQb3jd0l6oScWrUXE7WlViBuqrCPSUR1AlTBapYR_ZLUXy_7PHZx-pCfpf-VlduUYi0_Vt2ZhSZLOtTWA5Sb4en1IbLkjkXARDk_qY/s3873/unnamed-4.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="2687" data-original-width="3873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDS_F9eKSGWiuFoyzeh51i4gRnOPLG9-zhyFCwcXA79vlL3yDd7pbEUaCk63oZ5UraG6KbEljopu9IiDkmJrMVhCzQb3jd0l6oScWrUXE7WlViBuqrCPSUR1AlTBapYR_ZLUXy_7PHZx-pCfpf-VlduUYi0_Vt2ZhSZLOtTWA5Sb4en1IbLkjkXARDk_qY/s400/unnamed-4.jpg"/></a></div>Carver’s Traveling Museum. On the reverse “Money received from the sale of this post card, thru this exhibit. Will help a disabled Veteran” printed on the reverse. Seems counter-intuitive to support vets with a moving gun museum…but this contraption also traveled with a Horned Chicken (!!!) seen in the small inset upper right. World War One was too long ago for me to find details on the operation, but a different version of the card indicates “this outstanding gun exhibit travels from coast to coast collecting old guns. Operated by Barney Barnett” and printed in Arizona.
Carver’s Traveling Museum postcard circa 1920 collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Dull Tool Dim Bulbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466910515571454914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800318651965357815.post-62460834508360738162024-01-02T08:13:00.000-08:002024-01-02T08:13:15.619-08:00Folk Artist Willie Massey of Kentucky Master of African-American Iconography<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd030ULlEdwcWDt-w-6UEij6Ct2P2Y5WLE1E6t0DKFaZZkEJj8m3nTQUeEEAZJF6GrmmNMCOqbIjzmsaQ8K91hW936kSKhMWOIdRwBQWnbzJyPpHJDoEyN1Gv1kj7to2-7r9UyhOsX1yuc6PQQQbjbHWCmI97wx-reSGAYzkqVR1iI9RPwKjXyyYPJbswn/s1626/Screenshot%202024-01-02%20at%2010.56.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd030ULlEdwcWDt-w-6UEij6Ct2P2Y5WLE1E6t0DKFaZZkEJj8m3nTQUeEEAZJF6GrmmNMCOqbIjzmsaQ8K91hW936kSKhMWOIdRwBQWnbzJyPpHJDoEyN1Gv1kj7to2-7r9UyhOsX1yuc6PQQQbjbHWCmI97wx-reSGAYzkqVR1iI9RPwKjXyyYPJbswn/s400/Screenshot%202024-01-02%20at%2010.56.51%E2%80%AFAM.png"/></a></div>
I’ll call Kentucky artist Willie Massey (1906 - 1990)an under-appreciated and under-recognized folk artist. A textbook example of African-American iconography in every work. This miniature chest is an early piece. Later works were more primitive but just as beautiful and came with slapdash gorgeous color, often including tinfoil animals and adornment. Musician, songwriter and collector Kevin Gordon has several additional examples of Mr. Massey’s wonderful work,both early examples and later. Make sure to scroll down to see his birdhouses and airplanes at this link! https://www.gordongalleryart.com/willie-massey
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