Love During Wartime Vietnam Edition. Pair of Snapshots

Love during wartime, Vietnam Edition.  Identified as "house girls" on reverse.  Anonymous photographs, circa 1970 Collection Jim Linderman  One of a continuing series on Dull Tool Dim Bulb.

Antique Folk Art Cane Carver and Whimsy Maker c. 1880

Antique Folk Art Cane Carver and Whimsy Maker Original Photograph c. 1880 Collection Jim Linderman (Gift from a friend.) 

B. F. Perkins Brick Tower Words of God Vernacular Architecture

B. F. Perkins Brick Tower Words of God.  Original photograph Jim Linderman 1992 Alabama

How to Shoot a Tintype Backdrop to Create an Effective Illusion of Being Outdoors

Two Tintype photographs with Backdrops circa 1870  Collection Jim Linderman

Vintage Photograph of Uncle Sam Folk Art and Friends

Vintage Photograph of Uncle Sam Folk Art and Friends Anonymous, no date circa 1940 collection Jim Linderman

Sideshow Banners Vintage Photographs of a Ten-in-One

A "Ten in One" is a sideshow with ten different shows.  This one had a dozen.  
Sideshow Banners Vintage Photographs of a Ten-in-One Anonymous, no date.
Collection Jim Linderman

Champion Whittler C. A. Hughes Wooden Figure and Uncle Sam Folk Art Arkansas 1927

Champion Whittler C. A. Huges Wooden Figure and Uncle Sam Folk Art 
Original press photograph edited by hand before publication 1927 Arkansas
Collection Jim Linderman

Stunt (with Proof!) Antique Photograph collection Jim Linderman

Early Automobile with (a) Character Painted on the Radiator!

Early Automobile with (a) Character  Painted on the Radiator! Original photograph collection Jim Linderman.  Thanks to Curley's Antiques.

Country Stoneware Auction c. 1940 "Clifton Sells" Snapshot Collection Jim Linderman

A Country Stoneware Auction c. 1940  Caption (continued on reverse) reads:  "Clifton auctioneer at farm.  Clifton in his warm farm clothes for auction sales.  He was preferred for he knew many people by name.  Wore Borcelans Hats."

Circa 1940 snapshot collection Jim Linderman
 

Giant Cat Folk Art Yard Art Tree and Root Sculptures

Giant Cat Folk Art Yard Art Tree and Root Sculpture snapshots.   Unknown location, unknown date.  Collection Jim Linderman

Vintage Ventriloquist Vent Dummy (and one in the box) Original Snapshot collection Jim Linderman

Vintage Ventriloquist Vent Dummy (and one in the box)  Original Snapshot collection Jim Linderman The BOOK I'm with Dummy is available in Paperback and Ebook HERE

Painless Dentistry

Cropped and enhanced Press Photograph 1922 Collection Jim Linderman

Ephemeral Folk Art Figure of the Scarecrow Kind original photograph collection Jim Linderman

Ephemeral Folk Art Figure of the Scarecrow kind original photograph circa 1890 collection Jim Linderman

Fun at the Midway Funny Foto Studio Playland at the Beach Collection Jim Linderman

Fun at the Midway Funny Foto Studio Playland at the Beach Collection Jim Linderman

Antique American Horse and Jockey Weathervane

Antique American Horse and Jockey Weathervane ready for installation.

Anonymous Snapshot, no date, collection Jim Linderman

True Crime Lost in Time ? Siple RELEASED? Hex Ridden Witchcraft Murder

True Crime Lost in Time ?  Siple RELEASED?  Hex Ridden Witchcraft Murder.

Well, I'm not quite sure how one makes a mistake about a faith healer killing his family, but sure enough, read the small notation scribed by someone down at the paper.  "Siple was released"

Released? 

"Father seized in "Hex" Death"

"Howard Siple, 33 year old faith healer and head doctor, has been jailed at Clarksburg, W. VA, charged with the "witchcraft murder," of his 12-year old daughter, Helen, and the poisoning of six others of his nine children.  Siple migrated to Clarksburg from the Hex-Ridden farmland near York, PA.  Siple is shown above left standing beside a state policeman.  7/3/34"

Now here is a real mystery for you.  Why is Siple smiling if his family was murdered?  I can only think it was a mistake, maybe involving a bad furnace and carbon monoxide?  But even so, why is Siple SMILING?  What is a "Head" doctor?  For that matter, what is a "Hex Ridden Faith Healer?"

I looked around a little and found less.  Short of calling the town historian, I'm not quite sure how to figure this one out.  As you can see, they cops "collared" him…but the touch up guy at the newspaper actually drew in the collar.

Howard Siple Original Press Photograph 1934 Collection Jim Linderman

Shallow Grave Snapshot? True Crime in the Garage

Shallow Grave?  Unless these cops are digging for taters, I believe we have here the staple of murder and true crime, the shallow grave.  I am going to HOPE they are after some less gruesome  contraband.  The cops are taking a break to pose, while the grunt does the heavy work.

Click to enlarge...something looks fishy in the background.  Is that a backdrop?  A curious photograph.

Anonymous Snapshot, no date.  (Said to be Marshall, Michigan)  Collection Jim Linderman

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First Nation Huddle Tribal Event of Significance on the Great Plains Photograph

 

It is said the huddle was invented by a deaf football player, but I have lived long enough to know just about anything I have learned isn't really true.  I suspect it was the Native American, but I suppose we will not learn anything about this photo.  


Based on the beadwork, I would have guessed this was a Woodlands tribe, but immediately realized they are on the plains.  Whatever is going on is special, as the interlopers are keeping their distance. 

I really would like tribal identification, and while there isn't too much to go in, there is a feather headdress involved.  

Anonymous cabinet photograph, circa 1890 Collection Jim Linderman

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Sublime Horizontal Performance A Photograph Good Either Way! Young Woman Gymnast Collection Jim Linderman

A beautiful snapshot, undated and anonymous, of a young woman with perfect balance and skill.

Circa 1950? Original 4 x 5 snapshot Collection Jim Linderman

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