Evangelist Wilber R. Ogilvie Big Truck of Salvation

Wilber R. Ogilvie Salvation Divine Healing Revival
Linen Poscard, c. 1950? Collection Jim Linderman

Tiny Lord's Prayer from Zion Illinois RPPC

Well, I'm posting an enlargement to keep teeny tiny writer George Chenoweth honest. He claims this microfilm size Lord's Prayer is written NINE TIMES in the space of a postage stamp. 645 words, 2489 letters, and his name and address is also written in full. Squint. Count. Ta DAH!!!!!

Please also note I have started a "line extension" which is a term used in advertising to indicate a new flavor for an old product. That would be "OLD TIME RELIGION" on which I am posting just that, and every damn day rather than just saturday nights as I used to here. Feel free to follow! It's gonna be Heavenly!

The miniature Lord's Prayer on a Postage stamp sized piece of paper on a Real Photo Postcard, Collection Jim Linderman

Sing Along with Jesus and Roy

Several more children's gospel records are posted at old time religion

The Lord is Counting on You by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. 5 inch sound recording disc Collection Jim Linderman

Announcing OLD TIME RELIGION! Vernacular Photography Ephemera and Miracles from the Jim Linderman Collection

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The newest blog revealing miracles from the Jim Linderman Collection!

" Vernacular religious detritus from the Jim Linderman collection of photography and ephemera. Jesus is my jet plane and I have the Lord on speed dial. Old Time Religion is a natural line extension from Dull Tool Dim Bulb, where posts of this nature occur every Saturday night while the rest of you are sinning. Wake up, it is Sunday morning! Praise the Lord and Click to Enlarge! "

I will continue to post the sacred, the saved and the glory of salvation here of course...but then Old Time Religion has a link to send a prayer message directly to GOD.

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Boy Preacher Charles Taylor

Charles Forbes Taylor, Boy Preacher.

During more than 80 years of preaching, Rev. Taylor lectured in more than 1,000 US cities and visited all 50 states and five continents. In the 1950s, he was also billed as "the jet-propelled evangelist."

Original press photograph with crop mark embellishment, 1913 Collection Jim Linderman

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Sandwich Board and Watermelon Heaven Can Wait

"This young member of the sect finds a little bit of heaven on earth, in the shape of a juicy watermelon slice"

Original Press Photograph, 1953. Collection Jim Linderman

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Uldine Mabelle Utley Signs and Wonders Child Evangelist Girl Preacher with God's Photographer at Work

Uldine Mabelle Utley, a "signs and wonders" child evangelist. She received a vision in 1921 at the age of 9 and the long-winded little girl commenced teaching. Her devotees wept, trembled and spoke in tongues. She preached at Madison Square Garden in 1925 to 14,000. At age 26 she married salesman Wilber Eugene Langkop, who promptly committed her to a mental institution and divorced her. From that point on, she was in and out of various institutions and hospitals until her death in 1995

Selected images from the Uldine Mabelle Utley House Organ and Newsletter "The Rose of Sharon" Bound volume, issues number 1 to number 12, 1925. Collection Jim Linderman

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Hell on Earth, Logical as Hell and the Worth of Man (73 cents)

Religious Tracts 1944-1946. According to the imprint published "Opposite Penn Terminal" in NYC where I suspect they were handed out.

Other titles in the series of 21 include:

Advance Information
You Need This!
Carrier of the Keys
Standard Equipment
Makes Sense, Doesn't it?
Why Go Hungry?
What's God Like?
Direction for Use.

Five Tiny Religious Tracts, 1944-1946 Collection Jim Linderman

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David Slayeth Goliath with his Glow Stick (A SUPER-GLO PICTURE)

I hope some kind of 50's radiation hasn't messed up my scanner here, I tried to "glow" them but the chemicals are all used up. Glow-in-the-dark products contain phosphors. A phosphor is a substance that radiates visible light after being energized. They are photoluminescent...that is energized by light. Still seems like a miracle to me. In the Bible story, little David takes the sword from Goliath and cuts off his head. That seems kinda brutal...all this time I just thought he bopped him in the noggin with a pebble from his "old-style" slingshot.

"SUPER-GLO" Picture Card (EXPOSE TO LIGHT-SEE IT GLOW IN THE DARK) circa 1950 Collection Jim Linderman

Coming Ice Bombs Vanishing Death March from Hell and World-Wide Calamity

Religious Tract, c. 1935 by D.W. Matter. Collection Jim Linderman

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The Reverend Morrill and his brother The Reverend Morrill

The family that prays together....Reverend D.T. Morrill and his brother Reverend D.D. Morrill were natives of Newark, New Jersey. The twins have "retained the art of being bachelors" and their revival meetings are conducted with a fifty dollar Calcium Stereoptican outfit which throws a 20 foot image. As you can see here the brothers also had a "$275 dollar tandem bicycle which they use for exercise" and drove over 3,000 miles.

Two Cabinet Card Photographs by Wendt, c. 1880 -1900. Collection Jim Linderman

Laying Them in the Aisles for Jimmy the Catcher (The Jessup Brothers Religous Healing Act and Show)

The Four Jessup Brothers, Jimmy, Charity, Darrel and Byron, the oldest only 23, are putting on a religious healing show. The boys are literally "laying them in the aisles" as shown in the above photo of a woman patient swooning into the arms of Jimmy, the "catcher" after Charley finished his "cure."

Original 1939 Press Photo, collection Jim Linderman

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God Happens! Church Before and After Real Photo Postcards

Pair of Real Photo Postcards c. 1910 Collection Jim Linderman

The Church of God in Christ 1937 Photographs (Ringing the Bell)

Note on Reverse:

"When the preacher wishes to stop the dancing he has a big bell which he rings. But sometimes it fails; the spirit has too much of a hold upon them and all the ringing in the world wouldn't stop --- so it just winds up in the bell being rung in a rhytmatic (sic) manner and the spirit emotions overcome the preachers who too begin dancing"


Pair of Original 8" x 10" Photographs, Dated 1937 Unknown Photographer. Collection Jim Linderman

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Get Right With God Tabernacle Barn Three Rivers MI RPPC

Real Photo Postcard c. 1920 Collection Jim Linderman

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Leaving the Baptism Real Photo Post Card Jim Linderman Thanks

Many years ago a good friend told me the art world works slow. It does indeed. I started collecting antique photographs of folks being washed and saved many years ago. With each one I found and acquired, my desire to share them with others increased. All good things come to he who waits. I was fortunate indeed to find Lance and April Ledbetter at Dust to Digital, they brought a professionalism and respect to the material I could have not have even imagined. Master designers John Hubbard and Rob Millis have recreated my delight finding the photos with every turn of the page. Luc Sante, who has a remarkable acuity for translating visions into text generously provided words I am incapable of. Many others were involved, Lance thanks them in the credits. I am pleased the originals have been accepted into the permanent collection of the International Center of Photography, where, unlike many of the things I have assembled over the years, they will be kept together for all to enjoy. Today, anyone can leave a footprint...all it takes is the ability to hit "send" or "upload"...but to have a physical object as beautiful as the book and CD my friends have produced is a wonderful thing.

So, on to the next. I have shoe boxes full and ideas plenty.

"Baptism on the Ohio River, near Cincinnati, Ohio" Azo Real Photo Post Card circa 1910 Collection Jim Linderman

Alonzo Hall Blind Accordion Playing Pastor Phones in a Performance

Blind Columbus Ohio Pastor Rev. Alonzo Hall plays accordion over telephone to congregation.

Original Wire Photo 1949 Collection Jim Linderman

United Society of Christian Endeavor Tool Chest Price List

Prayer Meeting Topics, Daily Readings and Price list for 1900. United Society of Christian Endeavor
Collection Jim Linderman