Get Right With God Tabernacle Barn Three Rivers MI RPPC

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Real Photo Postcard c. 1920 Collection Jim Linderman TO SEE MY BLOG OF SIMILAR MATERIAL click OLD TIME RELIGION

High art versus Low art Witness the Elks RPPC

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I had intended to take on the sticky issue of "High" art versus "Low" art today, but I smashed my thumb working in the b...
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JIM LINDERMAN The Complete List Links Sites Books Publications Blogs (except for one)

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Jim Linderman sites to follow, share and enjoy. Click the blue links to see what he has been up to. DULL TOOL DIM BULB Centerpiece of th...

Bad Corner Speed Limit Real Photo Postcard RPPC

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Real Photo Postcard c. 1925 Collection Jim Linderman

Cross Writing Cross Written Text

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Two 19th Century "cross written" letters. Cross writing was a technique to save paper when paper was scarce. Every scrap matt...
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Evolutionary Proof in St. Louis FUNNY MONKEYS!!!!!

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Well, you certainly can't say the St. Louis Zoo hasn't done their part to prove evolution. These fellas, named Becky, Ellen, Tony, ...
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Mr. Daniel, "Singin and Dansing Comeden" Minstrel Card

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He might have gotten more jobs if he wrote more clearly and spelled better, but it is a beautiful little handmade piece of early showbiz. Ma...

Twice as many curves, and she's got 'em! What Men Want #1

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Graphics from various c. 1950 sleaze "Cheesecake" and "Film Study" brochures. Collection Jim Linderman

At the End of the Road you Meet God

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REPENT and BELIEVE the GOSPEL Ralph and Martha Palmer and their Bus Post Card Newport News, VA c. 1950 Collection Jim Linderman

Lost Weekend in Wax (Horrors in Wax #10)

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Wax Ray Milland (real name Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones) stars as wax Don Birnham, who goes on a legendary bender and emerges with a...

Wise Kid, A Bad Fall, Praying Boy & HI-HO Thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

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Also Known as Bakelite. Newspaper Specialties, Inc. Puzzle Toy Box, Bakelite Pieces 1933 Collection Jim Linderman
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"Whittlin" C. A. Hughes Champion Whittler of Arkansas (Meet the Press)

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There is a stereotype of whittlers being lonely old men. This photo does absolutely nothing to dispel that notion. Original Photo, Mena Stu...
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The Glamour and Glory of Gambling (In Natural Color)

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Someone needs an new publicist. I guess back when this card was taken, the mob still ran the table and quality control was less important t...
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Big Chair, Big Man, Big Deception Big Time (Meet the Press)

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In his recent book "After Photography" Fred Ritchin discusses how photographs have been manipulated for years, but that in the dig...
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Seeing Mystery Spots

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Actually, the real mystery to me is how these guys can wear their pants so high. There are numerous "mystery places" in the US, t...
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QSL Amateur Radio Operator Post Cards Dude!

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Basically each of these cards says "dude, can you hear me now?" A fad of the 1960's and a way for nerds and freedom fighters...
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Departed Dearly (Dead in Detroit) Post Mortem Photography

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Usually on seeing a post mortem photograph, my thoughts are of the deceased and the family, but today I am dwelling on Mr. Babas of Babas St...
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Precise Pair of Tintypes The Painted Tintype

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I haven't posted a tintype in a while. I am not sure if this splendid pair of tintypes depict a husband and wife or a brother and siste...
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