Elmer the Optician Optical Goods Eyeglasses Folk Art Trade Sign RPPC Collection Jim Linderman

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CLICK TO SEE BETTER! I suppose most know the folk art trade signs of figural form from days gone by were intended to identify the st...
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Hottest Women Musicians? The Hour of Charm Girls of COURSE (With short Phil Spitalny)

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Phil Spitalny runs his girls through the paces! The card above allows loyal listeners to pick their favorites, and you can t...

Rich Lesser Sons Who Fell Far From The Tree Romney Bush and Their Offspring

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  Since President Obama's handlers won't say it, I will.  The Republicans are running yet another rich, far lesser son of ...
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Life, Love and Folk Art During Wartime Pistol Packing Mama of Wood collection Jim Linderman

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A lonely soldier writes his mother from the front.  As noted on the reverse, "Pistel Packing Mama" was carved by Bill Nicew...
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Giant Man on Stilts Boy with Hoop Photograph Collection Jim Linderman

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CLICK TO ENLARGE THE MAN ON STILTS Urchins crowd around the Man on Stilts in this lovely early photograph.  Circa 1900 - 1910 Collect...

Tour de Wichita The Great Kansas Bicycle Race collection Jim Linderman

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Okay, so there are no hills (and the trail looks straight as a preacher) but still excitement abounds at the Wichita Eagle...

Phenix Sin City of the South and the Negro Apostolate Divine Savior

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Phenix City, Alabama used to be ground zero for organized crime in the south.  You can look it up, and even though the city has tried h...

Pimped Out in Crepe Vintage Parade Automobile RPPC Collection Jim Linderman

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Drive slow until the glue dries. Real Photo Postcard unknown date Collection Jim Linderman

Sparks Withington Says Suck on THIS Deluxe Tube Television!

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Screw your flat screens, man.  Here is a tube you can enjoy without even turning on what passes for news and entertainment today.  NO won...

Folk Art Calligraphic Dove Asks to Limit Wheat Consumption Collection Jim Linderman

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I am not sure which land fight, crop failure, state line or health concern motivated a young woman named Angel to produce this piece ...
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The Saga of Cactus Mac (!) Rare Photographs of Canadian Hillbilly with Cactus! Hillbilly History

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Cactus Mac Collection Jim Linderman Cactus Mac Collection Jim Linderman Cactus Mac Collection Jim Linderman Cactus Mac tend...

Original Salmon Paint Antique Weathervane

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Original Salmon Paint.  Three of the finest words one can put in a row if you collect folk art or primitive Americana. An early ...

World's Biggest Ice Cream Cone fights Midwestern Heat!!

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I gotta say, this summer of 100 degree plus days and apocalyptic, biblical quality drought is starting to bother me...but then I moved ...
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Announcing HOOFERS AND SWEETHEARTS : THE LITTLE WOMEN OF FRANK WENDT

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Announcing Hoofers and Sweethearts : The Little Women of Frank Wendt.  The newest photography book by Jim Linderman from Dul...

Asa "Ace" Moore African-American artist from Ohio Black Folk Art Circa 1935 Collection Jim Linderman

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  A group of the recently discovered erotic fantasy comic illustrations by Asa "Ace" Mo...

House of David House Band ! RPPC

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The Women's band at Eden Springs, the House of David commune at Benton Harbor, MI.  To see Dan and Debbi Geib's wonderful "vi...

Slave Made African American Folk Art Figure ? Civil War Jekyll Island Georgia Collection Jim Linderman

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A little Civil War man from Jekyll Island, Georgia.  Circa 1865, made as a whimsey from lead, I believe, and I assume the same lead u...
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