Antique Folk Art Sculpture. Uncle Sam in North Dakota 1926

Antique folk art Uncle Sam waits for mail. Original anonymous snapshot 1926 Collection Jim Linderman

Antique folk art sculpture Man with a Cap with Original Blue Paint and a Tin Visor. Collection Jim Linderman

Antique folk art sculpture Man with a Cap with Original Blue Paint and a Tin Visor. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Antique Sewer Tile Yellow Kid Bank c. 1900 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Antique Sewer Pipe sculpture (and bank) depicting the Yellow Kid. Fear not, this fella isn't a racist relic from the past! The Yellow Kid was an American Icon and star of the Sunday comics. First appearing in the papers in 1895, the Yellow Kid grew to be a little baby icon. This figure dates to that era. For those of you who might not know, Sewer Pipe or Sewer Tile folk art figures were largely hand-fashioned by clay factory workers from leftover clay at the end of the day. There WERE some racist elements in the Yellow Kid comics, but it appears to have been the way it was back then. It was over 100 years ago. Of course there were. But this figure is benign. Here's what his creator Richard Outcault had to say about him in 1902: “The Yellow Kid was not an individual but a type. When I used to go about the slums on newspaper assignments I would encounter him often, wandering out of doorways or sitting down on dirty doorsteps. I always loved the Kid. He had a sweet character and a sunny disposition, and was generous to a fault. Malice, envy or selfishness were not traits of his, and he never lost his temper” Read more about the kid HERE on the Outcault Wiki page. He also invented Buster Brown! The form is scarce, but several other examples have turned up. Sewer Pipe Folk Art Pottery Bank figure of The Yellow Kid. c. 1900. Hand-signed on the base "P.O." Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb. Posted on The Sewer Pipe Pottery Website HERE also.

Giant Tin Sardine Can Submarine Explores Lake Michigan Waters Folk Art Fish Sculpture

Well, a giant homemade fish submarine!  "Lake Crossing in Sardine Can" reads the caption.  I'm not sure the date.  The fish is just over ten feet long.  The maker Barney Connett prepares for launch.

Original A.P. Wirephoto circa 1950?

Folk Art Risque Sliding Novelty Erotic Carving Large!

Folk Art Risque Sliding Novelty Erotic Carving Large!  Circa 1930.
Collection Jim Linderman

Homer Tate Self-Taught Artist who Created the Thing!

Artist Homer Tate made the thing. Even though "The Thing" was supposed to be a mystery and a secret, it is likely the most famous thing Homer Tate ever made.  Homer made sideshow gaffes he sold to carnival and sideshow businesses. Shrunken heads and such created to lure rubes inside. Sales of his animal hide "human mysteries" were good.  I am sure you have seen some on those "wacky true history" shows. He'd make a thing for 25 bucks.

The Thing is on Wikipedia! 

I am afraid Homer's lesser known paper mache tableau "old west" tourist attraction things don't get seen as often. They filled his place.  I don't know where they are.

Courtesy of the Library of Congress and photographer Russell Lee.  Yes, the same Russell Lee who created some serious photos.  Taken 1940.  Complete photo set HERE at the Library of Congress website.

Folk Art Mickey and Minnie Mouse Handmade Cartoon Characters

 
Folk Art Mickey and Minnie Mouse Handmade Cartoon Characters circa 1950.  Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog.  Books and Ebooks by the author available HERE

Antique American Folk Art Sculpture Woman with Necklace 19th Century

Antique American Folk Art Sculpture Woman with Necklace Life sized. Three views. Collection Jim Linderman

Topiary Bicycle

Topiary Bicycle snapshot collection Jim Linderman
THANKS TO BOXLOT

Outsider Art African American Yard Show Sculpture Alabama c. 1990 Photographs by Jim Linderman Television in the Driveway

Outsider Art African American Yard Show Sculpture Alabama c. 1990 Photographs by Jim Linderman Television in the Driveway high atop a pole.  See also the BOOK and EBOOK by Jim Linderman In-Situ: American Folk and Outsider Art in Place available HERE.

Antique Erotic Folk Art Sculpture Carving Nude Woman

Antique Erotic Folk Art Sculpture Carving Nude Woman circa 1930?  Collection Jim Linderman

Concrete African-American Man Flower Pot Decoration

Concrete African-American Man Flower Pot Decoration, made in a mold and painted by hand.  No date. 

Sewertile Sewer Pipe Folk Art End of the Day Pottery Folk Art Sculpture

Sewertile Sewer Pipe Folk Art End of the Day Pottery Folk Art Sculpture signed MACK. 
Early 20th Century Collection Jim Linderman 

Sewer Tile Sewer Pipe Folk Art Man with a Cap Wall Pocket End of the Day Pottery Sculpture

Sewer Pipe tile Folk Art Man with a Cap Wall Pocket End of the Day Pottery sculpture. No date.  Collection Jim Linderman

Monumental Folk Art Sculpture Native American Bust Vintage Carving

Monumental Folk Art Sculpture Native American Vintage Carving Michigan Origin?
collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Pipe Folk Art Bust of a Man End of Day Sculpture circa 1900 - 1920

Sewer Pipe Folk Art Bust of a Man End of Day Sculpture circa 1900 - 1920
Collection Jim Linderman

Erotic Folk Art Antique Wood Carving Two Nude Women and a Dog

Erotic Folk Art Antique Carving Two Nude Women and a Dog  circa 1930 Pennsylvania origin Collection Jim Linderman.  Thanks to Mark Smerkanich

Antique American Folk Art Carving Sculpture Man in Chair Black Cat Jumps Over the Moon

A superstitious folk art carving. 
Antique American Folk Art Carving Sculpture Man in Chair Black Cat Jumps Over the Moon 
Circa 1900 Collection Jim Linderman

Early American Folk Art Carving of a Man

Articulated Early Folk Art Carving (detail) Collection Jim Linderman

Folk Art Nude Woman Carving Erotic Folk Art Sculpture

Collection Jim Linderman