Early Miniature Landscape Lincoln Sideshow Annex Carnival original photograph c. 1910

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Early Carnival Sideshow Banners circa 1910. I can’t be sure how this snapshot will look online…it’s an odd, tiny size. I THINK taken by a Ko...

MAGA

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MAGA followers. Three articulated figures, Mid 20th Century Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

N. E. Galloway was a Wood Carver too. Totem and Snakes with Owls

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I’ve posted the monumental totem of N. E. Galloway before (shown also) but I have also learned he.was quite the woodcarver.  Here’s a carvi...

Drugstore Cowboys et cie A collaboration with HALO 3 Venus d'ailleurs

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Drugstore Cowboys et cie. (Drugstore Cowboys and Company) A 12 page collaboration with Halo digest (#3) and Jim Linderman of Dull Tool ...

Kicking Ass

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A Kicking Ass. Primitive handcarved wired motion toy late 19th, early 20th century. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

African-American made Folk Art Cupboard with original Mirror with Provenance

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Sometimes things come with provenance. A 19th century cupboard in original paint once owned by Howard Campbell, noted North Carolina Roust...

Schoolgirl Art Fashion Drawings c. 1955?

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Do all artists copy? Carol did. Fashion drawings by a schoolgirl who appears to have “knocked off” her designs. That’s not a negative…I li...

Canada's Big Wooden Folk Art Carved Safety Head for July 4th weekend

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Canada’s big wooden automobile safety head reminds us about safe driving on the July 4th weekend. If you drive the speed limit (or slightl...

Vintage Swimsuit Snapshot from Dull Tool Dim Bulb on a very hot day

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Whew,temperatures might reach 100 here today. It’s even too hot for the ol’swimmin’ hole. It will keep me inside and I’m not happy having t...

School Girl Fashion Drawings by Effie Long. 1910 - 1915.

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These are the delicate drawings of one Effie Long. One of the drawings is dated 1914. From a large group of 50 they are literally drawn on ...

UK Folk Art Environment up for auction The Branxton Cement Managerie July 5, 2006

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Follower Tony Spalding sent a link to an auction of 95 lots from a previous unknown (?) UK folk art environment The Branxton Cement Menage...

Big Cement Head Faces Left for the Midterm Vote

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My big cement head faces left for the election Large Cement head collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Collection (for now) of Kindness Project Rocks

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As a walker I come across these painted rocks (and objects) from time to time. I’m supposed to carry them home, look them up on the web and...

Hand Carved Folk Art Cigarette Holder help identify?

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Cigarette Holder, Hard carved (I believe a Scrimshaw piece or carved from a bone?) Striations are visible which would indicate some nature ...

Folk Art Environment of Chester the Goatman c. 1940 Georgia

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Whew. It’s Sunday, but I decided not to touch this one. Let’s see what AI has to say about Chester the Goatman: He traveled for over four de...

Toothpicks. Billy Burke Builds them in Prison

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Real Photo Postcad c. 1940. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb From the book IN SITU: AMERICAN FOLK ART IN PLACE available from...

Dull Tool Dim Builb the Blog Reaches 6 MILLION VIEWS

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Dull Tool Dim Bulb on Blogger has now reached 6 MILLION views! The blog is approaching 3,000 posts since 2007. Many of the posts on the bl...

Bill Kresse Modern 1950s Cartoonist

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Something different today. A piece I wrote for my defunct Vintage Sleaze blog over ten years ago. If ever there was a cartoonist from the ...

Colorful Schoolchild Crayon Drawings from 1939

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As promised, the rest of the Schoolchild’s abstract crayon drawings 1939 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Schoolchild Crayon Drawing with much Color and Form

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One of four magnificent child’s crayon drawings recently obtained from the most highly recommended antiques (and simpatico) dealers on the ...

Halo 3 Publication from Venus D'ailleurs

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I am proud to be included among the contributors to HALO 3 the French Publication HALO 3. Scroll down for credits and a video of the con...

Handmade Postcard 1913

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Part Two. Original hand painted postcard mailed from Long Island City to St, Joseph, Michigan in 1913. One of a set of four. Collection J...

Handmade Church Raffle Tumbler in original blue paint

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A church raffle tumbler in original blue paint. Door opens and closes with clasp, crank wheel on one side spins the chamber. This piece mi...

Vintage Lottery Advertising Rug Gambling ephemera of the legal kind.

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52” long rug I rolled up and carried out of the market Sunday. State lotteries started in the US in 1964. The piece is a little misleading....

Dull Tool Dim Bulb update for Spring/Summer 2026

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Dull Tool Dim Bulb Spring UPDATE! When you follow the faceebook page, LIKE a post once in a while. My posts fade from your feed if you don...

Celebration at the Puppy Bar New Orleans c. 1945. Original photograph Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

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From reporter Blake Ponchchartrain writing for GAMBIT “the Best of New Orleans” I was able to identify this great photograph location! It...