Fawndolyn Valentine Special Report on Bernarr MacFadden Sex Book !

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MacFadden Sex Books Fester and Mold  Photograph by Fawndolyn Valentine I first made fun (rather I shared my pithy observations) on phy...

Rough Hewn and Hacked Vernacular Architecture Extreme RPPC

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CLICK TO ENLARGE Looks like they forgot the primer.  Rough Hewn.  To hew or shape by hacking.  Can't really call it a log cabin, as...

Redd Foxx Funniest Man in America and Visual Artist (Redd could PAINT)

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Yes, master comedian and king of the risque joke Redd Foxx was more than a chittlin' circuit comic....he could PAINT.  Sh...
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Biggest Folk Art Basket Trade Sign Basket Factory Stockbridge Michigan

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CLICK TO ENLARGE GIANT BASKET! W. S. Kennedy Basket Factory was located in Stockbridge, Michigan from 1895 to 1915 or so, at least as m...
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Antique Folk Art Worked and Tufted Rug Folk Art Victorian Anonymous was a Woman

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An antique folk art rug from Victorian days, when there was time to make things...and make things beautiful.  21" x 34" and ...

What is New at Dull Tool Dim Bulb 2012 Update Jim Linderman

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A few recent developments from the Dull Tool Dim Bulb empire! MUCH pleased to have had no less than David Sedaris recommend the Dull ...

Clarence Herbert Woolston Unsung Hero of Song and Object Jesus Loves the Children

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I'm not all about satire, and neither should be any questioning soul...there ARE some good guys in the Jesus racket, and one of them,...
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Folk Art Game Board Radiator Paint Aggravation

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A folk art game board made from plywood.  I know, you folk art snobs, plywood is sneered at.  Well, as I have said...

Under Canvas and Coming The Lewis Stock Company

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I don't know if the lovely ladies posing here are part of the Lewis Stock company, but they are coming to town. ...

Tintype with Glasses Hand-Painted Bespeckled Bas Bleu

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CLICK TO ENLARGE A considerable step beyond tinting, and one of those painted tintypes in which the embellishme...
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The Little Girl Who Invented the Hot Dog (Holiday Special Dull Tool Dim Bulb)

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CLICK TO ENLARGE Just in time for your holiday cookout, Dull Tool Dim Bulb presents the origin of the Hot Dog!  Share it over the ca...

The Nuts and Bolts of Apothecary Cabinets Folk Art Primitive Decor

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CLICK TO ENLARGE So desirable for that comfy country decor, you'll see what are called  "apothecary cabinets"  in upsca...
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Perp Walk Press Photograph 1928 Collection Jim Linderman

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 CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTO Pictures DO lie.  Heavily embellished and cropped Press Photograph 1928.  Murderer "hustled to a tra...

A Worried Man with a Worried Mind Folk Art Sewer Tile Clay End of Day?

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End of Day Sewer Tile Whimsy Folk Art Pottery Clay Head.  A worried man with a worried (clay) mind.   Collection Jim Linderman Jim Lin...

Champion Sword Swallower of the World Collection Jim Linderman Cabinet Card

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Melle Clifford Champion Sword Swallower of the World Cabinet Card by Frank Wendt Circa 1900 Collection Jim Linderman DULL TOOL DIM BULB ...

Buster Brown Dummy Board with Children

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I don't know how these girls got their hands on a Buster Brown stand-up figure, but they didn't get his dog Tige.  Tige was a ...

Some of the Free Acts at the Iowa Fairs 1925 At the Circus in Black and White series #32

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At the Circus entry number 32 is "Some of the Free Acts Season 1925 Iowa Fairs.  A snapshot and a beauty. ...

Farmer John

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  REAL STORY ABOUT FARMER JOHN IS HERE ON COMPANION BLOG

Lorry on Mother's Day

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ALL greeting cards should be homemade, and that goes for "e-cards" too...if you love someone enough to send them a card, lov...
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Galvanized and Welded Bunnies!

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A fine old pair of hippity hopping rabbits made from galvanized steel, two colors of paint and a welded base.  Circa 1940  Collection Jim...