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Jim Linderman blog about surface, wear, form and authenticity in self-taught art, outsider art, antique american folk art, antiques and photography.

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...

Modern House Modern Garage Sundeck...Heaven? or TOYTOWN

A project for you and the kids this weekend. Click to Enlarge, print, color, cut, fold. Assorted cards from Toytown Shredded Wheat Premiums...

Welcome to the Neighborhood!

"Exhibit at Houghton Lake, Mich." (Real Estate Office) EKO Real Photo Postcard c. 1945 Collection Jim Linderman

Byrd, Ice Bird, Global Warming, Climate Change and the Chemical State of H20

It is "climate change" not "global warming." Every day I hear some misguided, misled and misinformed Fat Rush fan say ...

Woodstock, The Band, and the Anagram Photographer

Woodstock. It is curious to this day why the only band who actually both LIVED there and performed at the gig has to this day not had their...

The Next Best Blog...Fringepop

So when one of my heroes announced she was going to start a blog, I knew it would be good. It is. I approached Astrid a year ago for help ...

The Philosophical Underpinnings of Mail Art (and some advice from my mother)

Receiving a hand-decorated piece of mail from a loved one is always a pleasant surprise. Unfortunately, it is a practice falling by the wa...

The Banner Line The String Show Ten-in-One Sideshow At the Circus in Black and White

Click to Enlarge These circus banners, when strung in a row to attract customers, were known in the trade as a Banner Line or The String Sho...

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 o...

Eliza, Uncle Sam and the Most Beautiful Woman in the World Profiles in Crime

James Montgomery Flagg was at one time the highest paid illustrator in America, having painted the famous Uncle Sam "I WANT YOU" p...

What Does YOUR Swimming Suit Reveal #2

Still (or finally) summer, so an excuse for another photo of beach beauties. Hand-Tinted Photograph, circa 1950 Collection Jim Linderman

A Mountain Lion Cub Captures Kid Johnson's Heart RPPC

Hand written on reverse "Kid Johnson's Mountain Lion when about 18 months old. Captured near Glacier Park Mont. March 1925. Now a...

REBUS

Rebus is not the name of a prominent country singer's spouse. It is the use of a pictogram to represent a syllabic sound. This adapts ...

Writer

I am often reminded I'm so far from being a writer, there should be a quarter slot on my keyboard like the tire inflation machine at th...

Anon, The Second Worst Cartoonist in History Privately Printed Postcard Set

The only thing worse than worst is one worser. This one comes close. A few months ago, I profiled the world's worst cartoonist, one Ro...

If the Shoe Fits, Mail it. Handmade Postcard Folk Art Foot

Handmade Postcard in the Shape of a Shoe, mailed c. 1906 Collection Jim Linderman

Mell Kilpatrick Weegee of the West and the Dashboard Camera

Mell Kilpatrick was a self-taught master photographer with Weegee skill and fortitude. In fact, the precious few times his name is mentione...

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