A Tiny House Cabin for a Folk Art Collection and Studio

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A Tiny House for Folk Art   Moving to Michigan and wanting a backyard barn for a modest folk art collection, studio and man-c...
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Super Small Head Superman MIcrocephalic Mexican Superman Toy Doll

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My best guess is a most inept Superman from Mexico.  Kryptonite in the Womb?
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Old Iron Legs John F. Stahl walks and walks and walks and walks and walks

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"Old Iron Legs" John Stahl stops walking long enough for a portrait.   Stahl poses right in the middle of Stahl highway, the ...
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Spectacular Circus Banners Hanging in 1963 At the Circus in Black and White (and Color) #34 collection Jim Linderman

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A group of exceptional circus banners in a pair of 1963 snapshots of the Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailey Circus.  Folks often think the...

Farm Boy in Yellow Hat Yard Art

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Yellow Hat Farm Boy No Date Yard Sculpture collection Jim Linderman

Hot Banjo from Michigan! Hootchie Cootchie Banjo PIcker 1936 Collection Jim Linderman

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Click to see the Banjo Cutie collection Jim Linderman A Michigan man plucks his pin up painted banjo in 1936.  Original Snapshot collect...

Gigantic Tramp Art Folk Art ...um...THING collection Jim Linderman

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No door or opening, just a "house like" Tramp art thing.  Tramp Art "House" circa 1930  Collection Jim Lind...
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Cartoon Tintype "Stick your Head Here" Man on a Mule collection Jim Linderman

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Humorous "cartoon" tintype of one Frank Mason of Jackson,  Michigan poses inside a painting of mule circa 1875.  A "...

Skat the Cat and her Bean Bag Toss Friends Sideshow

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Scat the Cat and her bean bag buddies.  Toss through mouth! Circa 1940  Collection Jim Linderman

Juvenile Delinquent Woodworkers Crafty Cutlery Trays from Detention

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CLICK TO ENLARGE SULLEN CRAFTY DELINQUENTS Juvenile Delinquent Idle hands make young thieves and check-forgers, so a group of sullen juv...

Lemonade Sucker in Silhouette in St. Louis In Black on a Postcard In the Mail On my Blog

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CLICK TO READ THE LEMONADE STORY Ah, the humble silhouette.  Progenitor of the photograph, of sorts, and a crisp, harder version of the ...

Art without Artists Gregg Museum Exhibition Catalog Review by Jim Linderman

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Friend, designer and long-time champion of things beautiful John Foster sent a splendid little catalog of the exhibition he co-cu...

Working Man Whirligig Folk Art collection Jim Linderman

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A working man whirligig characterized by small size.  Lil Man less than five inches tall, his green house only seven inches.   Ear...

Some Tough Women in Overalls Pipes and Suspenders

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Some pretty convincing role players!  Original Photograph circa 1890 Collection Jim Linderman See books and ebooks by Jim Linderman H...

A Mean Calf Wean Calf Weaner Mask Farm Primitive

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Being a vegetarian, I don't have to worry much about this Hannibal Lecter mask, which is actually a device used to wean a calf from hi...
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Truly Terrifying Folk Art Lion 19th Century Handmade

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Folk Art Lion from Hell! As much taxidermy as folk art, this terrifying lion must have certainly been part of a menagerie, as whoev...

CDV Photographer Trade Card Salesman Sample Photographica collection Horton Grand Rapids Jim Linderman

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  Photographer O. W. Horton of Monroe Street in Grand Rapids Cleans his Studio.  Circa 1855. Orsamus W. Horton was one of the fir...

One Trick Pony Snapshot Photograph

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A one trick pony.  Original anonymous snapshot circa 1935 Collection Jim Linderman

Large Folk Art Carved Ball In A Cage Whimsy collection Jim Linderman

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What is the secret to carving a ball in a cage?  There isn't one, other than turning off the TV. Carved Whimsy no date 8" tall ...

Goofus Glass Carnival Glass FREE Origin of the Collectable RPPC collection Jim Linderman

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Carnival Glass was largely given away or sold cheap, as you can see here, at carnivals.  The booth reads FREE but I am sure they had so...