Nascar Hillbilly History and Branded Razor Logo Logic

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Before Nascar and their abundance of logos, automobile racers were hillbilly moonshiners who had to outrun the law. They were so good at it...
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Antique Plywood Jigsaw Folk Art When Modern Design ain't Modern Anymore

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In one of the first posts here , way back in 2008, I pointed out that plywood is now officially an antique, thus making those...
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Arthur S. Mole Living Pictures and CBS Sunday Morning

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Last week CBS Sunday Morning ran a nice profile of Arthur S. Mole, the genius of "living" photography. As I watched, I hoped the ...
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Amlab is Coming to YOUR Town Dummy! (with Woody Deforest?) Vent Figures

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Amlab (if I'm reading the gothic script correctly) may be coming to your town, but as his route card is empty, I wouldn't wait up. ...
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Ministers in the Nude (!) Bait and Switch for the Lord

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Click to Enlarge the Truth I am sure Reverend Turvey's message was valuable and sincere...but I certainly question his questionable tact...
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First and Oldest Scottville Clown Band Photograph?

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A little help out there Michiganders and Michiganians? Found in Midland, Michigan, an 8 x 10 photograph of what I believe is one of the ...

Earlier than Spirograph? Of Course! Magic Pattern and a Box Full of Tiny Drawings

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Click to Grow and Show! You may think there could be nothing more trite on an art blog than a post on the Spirograph, a toy Kenner claimed r...
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Bill Kresse Modern Master of Vintage Sleaze

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A tribute and profile to the late and much missed inker Bill Kresse, who drew work over 50 years ago that looks pretty darn good today. J...
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Good Wood, The Keno Brothers, Liberace and John Waters

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I have always wanted to take a class in wood types. Every time I see the Keno brothers on Antiques Roadshow gush over a native poplar tul...
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Satan and Adam Sterling Magee and the One Man Band

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One Man Band! This circa 1890 enterprising inventor in the top three photographs could do it all...and presumably without electricity! I c...

Tintype Dolls a Collection of Tintype Images

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Group of five tintype photographs, circa 1860-1880 Collection Jim Linderman If you are interested in Tintypes, Folk Art or the history o...

Camera Club Girls: Bettie Page and her Friends Review from Lethal Dose

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Lethal Dose is a mind-bent chunk of REALLY good hair, acceleration, rock and roll, napalm-hot dames, clips from far underneath the underbel...

Art, Alcohol, a Friendship Never Fulfilled and Tony Fitzpatrick

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Tony Fitzpatrick is one of the most amazing people I have ever met but do not know. I'm GLAD I don't know him. You see, Tony cam...
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The Painted Backdrop Behind the Sitter in American Tintype Photography

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Available NOW! The Painted Backdrop: Behind the Sitter in American Tintype Photography The previously untold story of 19th century painter...
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