Crazy Nude Messiah and Kidnapped Converts (When Pictures do not tell the Whole Story)

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Pictures often don't tell the story. A couple of dudes last year coming down from the mountain. So their woman friend dresses odd...lo...
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The World's Greatest Robot Frank Stuart's Elephant

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A robotic jumbo dumbo! 8 feet tall and walking at 27 miles per hour. Mr. Stuart's handmade Elephant has 9,000 parts, a steel frame and...
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Nutty Macfadden, Physical Culture, True Romance and Fake True Stories

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Nutty Bernarr Macfadden, also known as "Body Love Macfadden" here attempts to deal with a problem in one of his magazines, True Ro...
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Me and Mel The Glass Bottom Boat Adventure!

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Aw right MEL! Snagged the primo seats for the photo op! You won't see Mel (or his boyfriend) peering out from a poorly placed die-cut ...
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Cheescake Charlie Carries Click on Coney Island

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Charlie proudly Carries Click! It isn't often one finds a picture of vintage sleaze "in situ" but here we find a happy consume...

Comic Genius Jefferson Machamer (Book Review from the Past)

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Once you see a Jefferson Machamer drawing, you can spot another all the way across the room without your glasses on. (That is if you c...
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Charlie the Canco Robot Goes to Atlantic City

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Canco makes an appearance at the National Canners Convention in 1950. The radio controlled giant, also known as "Prince Alloy Can...

What does YOUR Swimming Suit Reveal? Summer 2010

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It is SUMMER today. I am thrilled not only because I'm a summer boy...but that it is time to crank out new editions of my famous series...

WINNERS Best Makeovers 1928 Fashion Photography, Vogue, and Plus-Sized Magazines.

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In 1909, Conde Nast purchased Vogue. Some believe that was the origin of modern-day fashion photography. Conde Nast, in case you do not kno...
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Barbara Levine and Vernacular Photography

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I am occasionally asked "WHERE did you get that photo?" I'll tell this time, from project b and Barbara Levine, one of those...
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Folk Art Diorama Display from School RPPC

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As it is time for summer vacation, let's call these "end of the year" projects. A nice display of homemade student diorama co...
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Jim Linderman on Artslant

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I was recently named "Blogger to Watch for" by Artslant.com, the contemporary art network, an honor I do not take lightly! I hav...

True Crime! William Edward Hickman "The Most Horrible Crime of the 1920's" and a Lurid Literary Genre

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\ I read true crime books to relax. Somehow being reassured there are people in the world a million times more horrible than I is comforti...
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Postcards Made from DEER Banned by the Post Office

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Today's post introduces a good website and also recovers the somewhat disturbing era of postcards made out of DEER HIDE. In the postcar...
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Art Blog Influences Art. Cafe Selavy Photography and Dull Tool Dim Bulb Jim Linderman

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I consider blogging a legitimate art form. I consider one who blogs an artist if they intend to create art using blog technology as a mediu...
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Millard Hopper World Unrestricted Checkers Champion!

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William Hopper, undisputed (excuse me..."Unrestricted" ) checkers champion. Born 1897 and learning the game in Greenwich Village...
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Greatest Fights of the Century! (Ape Sees Stars)

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APE SAGS UNDER THE BLOW, AND DICK KNOCKS HIM OUT WITH A RIGHT TO THE BUTTON