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Jim Linderman blog about surface, wear, form and authenticity in self-taught art, outsider art, antique american folk art, antiques and photography.

Snapshooter Snapshot taken by another Snapshooter

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A perfectly centered snapshot of a snapshooter.  What?  Google doesn't recognize the word snapshooter and wants me to check my spellin...

Antique Folk Art Rooster Weathervane collection Jim Linderman

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Folk Art Weathervane Rooster  Sheet tin circa 1930?  Collection Jim Linderman

Painting a Little Wooden Folk Art Dog for the Garden

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Painting a Wooden Cutout Dog.  At least I think it's a dog.  It has a collar...cat? Original Snapshot circa 1950?  Collection Jim...

The Day I Spoke to Captain Kangaroo

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The Day I Spoke to Captain Kangaroo   My first real, paying job in Manhattan was working at CBS News, and at the time the Captain was s...
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Butch Austin Black Cartoonist for (and OF) Jive

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Butch Austin Forgotten Black Cartoonist for Jive.   Still no help a year later on my query for information on the hep jive talking Afri...
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Lingerie Show (with hat) 1959

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I don't really know how enthused the fashion editors are, but this is a wonderful pair of snapshots.  I guess one could say a rit...

Harry McGregor Pulls a Wagon

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A 1933 postcard from the Ripley's Odditorium at the Century of Progress Fair in 1933.  Harry's wife adds insult to injury by threa...

Original Paintings by Nyla Gladine Thompson Mouth Painter c. 1950 Polio Survivor Collection Jim Linderman

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 Nyla Gladine Thompson Mouth Painter Small hand-painted works by a remarkable artist.  I've been collectin...

Dollhouse Old Sparky MIniature Electric Chair

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For the Dollhouse with everything.  A miniature Electric Chair.

Early Folk Art Whirligig Man (or Whirling Arms Toy) Collection Jim Linderman

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Early Folk Art Whirligig Man (or Whirling Arms Toy.) Lovely wear and paint on this small spinning arms whirligig or toy.  There i...
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Fish Jack In A Box THE PAPER WIGGLEFISH

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I probably should have saved this for Shark Week, but I post them as I find them.  Another of what Poet William Carlos Willia...
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The Big Goodyear Tire (Less Annoying than the Blimp?)

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The other Goodyear Blimp: The Big Rolling Tire As I looked up to confirm it was actually the Goodyear Blimp hovering over the putters ...

When the Going Goes Tough, the Tough Go Bowling (and WIN) Ten-Pin Patches

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Folk Art Puppet Doll with Wooden Head

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  Early Folk Art Puppet (or doll) with wooden head. Circa 1920  Collection Jim Linderman

Singlee with Blowtorch

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Singlee singes his snout for Ripley's Odditorium 1934 Century of Progress
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Ships of the Air Newspaper Collectibles for Scrapping

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For one young collector, the Sunday Funnies meant a pair of scissors and glue.   One page from an enormous scrapbook found at an out...
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Junior's First Whirligig Folk Art Snapshot

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Anonymous Snapshot, No Date.  "First Whirligig" Collection Jim Linderman

Tire Turtle Turtle Recycled Folk Art

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A turtle with treads!  He gets good mileage, but often doesn't make it across the road. Folk Art Turtle made from Tires Collection J...

Cowboy Birthday Vernacular Photographs on the Backyard Range

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Cowboy Birthday on the backyard range.   Anonymous snapshots (no date) collection Jim Linderman

Harry Ingalls Scams Swindles Steals Frauds (and Tells your Fortune!) Crook with a Zodiac Astrological Turban and a Checkerd Past

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Like all things not based on sound scientific research,  anything "Astrological" or "Zodiac" is a big fraud, an...
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