Dull Tool Dim Bulb

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

The Manipulated Paperback Privacy Pestering and Pervs

Women on the subway, particularly prior to the acceptance of ipod plugs, will bury their nose in a book so as to avoid attention from creeps...

Alaska Tlingit and the Bear Totem Store RPPC

I feel sorry for Alaska, by FAR one of the greatest states in the Union. Since the collective attention span of the United States has been ...

Old Old Maid Cards and an Old Old Card Game

Since even the name of the game is "Old Maid" we shouldn't be surprised the images might be a bit sexist. In the gaming worl...

At the Circus in Black and White Aerial Girls

Untitled (Acrobats) c. 1950 Collection Jim Linderman

Vintage Erotic Vernacular Photography Shy Shamed Secret Shadowed Hidden

Victor Minx Informs us Shy Shamed Secret Shadowed Hidden is now available! Preview the first 15 pages FREE and PURCHASE HERE Limit...

Collector Goes Overboard. Cigar Band Man

I spent plenty of time at the 26th Street Flea Market and the Pier Shows in NYC. I was a regular. I don't know if folks noticed me and...

Whereaway Bull Shores Button American Eagle (?) RPPC

I confess to having no idea what or where a Whereaway is. And until I have more coffee, I am not inclined to try to find out. Someone ther...

The World's First Voice Mail and who we can Blame

I reckon this is the fellow we can blame. The world's first answering machine, now known as voice mail, but back then known as Televoic...

David Byrne Kindle Obsessive Text and the Porter

Click to enlarge (not that it will do much good) Ahh, Kindle. I'll give in one day soon. I do not lack for reading material, the web h...

At the Circus in Black and White Ray's in La Crosse and Helen Mae Hoeft, Early Woman Photographer

A circus photo (of a sideshow banner for a "midnight ramble" show) taken by, or developed by, Ray's Studio in La Crosse Wiscon...

Wendts upon Wendts! Composite Cabinet Card of a Tiny Contortionist

Frank Wendt, who I have devoted an entire site to HERE composed this cabinet card photograph made up of eight earlier photos he took of the...

Eating a Philly Cheesesteak in SIX SECONDS the Lenticular Way

Chewed fingernails and Lenticular Baseball Player collection Jim Linderman

It's the MAILMAN! We get Letters at Dull Tool Dim Bulb

I am frequently asked, Jim? Do you receive letters at Dull Tool Dim Bulb, and if so, do you answer them all? Of COURSE we do, and each and...

"The Balls of your Feet" Flat Foot Feet Photo

Untitled ("Flat Feet Story") Anonymous Press Photograph, Hand Embellished 1923 Collection Jim Linderman

Horrors in Wax #13 Special Hot Wax Beauties of the 50's Edition

I haven't done a Horrors in Wax for a while. Here you go! Wax Brigitte Bardot, propped up in front of a dressing room mirror so you can...

Untitled (ghoul)

Untitled (detail) c. 1930 Collection Jim Linderman

Blue on Blue the Regenerative Cyanotype

Did you know restaurant menus NEVER use blue ink? It is because blue has been shown to decrease the appetite. Think about it. From the Wa...

LET'S BRING BACK THE MONKEYS! (A Splendid Follow-Up Letter)

A few days ago, I received the following letter about the Monkey postcards I posted months ago in June...needless to say, I just mailed them...

At the Circus in Black and White

Starring in Snows of Kilimanjaro, Featured in Africa's Splendor, Starring in King Solomon's Mine Untitled (Circus Performer) Anonymo...

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