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American Folk Art in Place: IN - SITU The BOOK by Jim Linderman Available NOW!

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AMERICAN FOLK ART IN PLACE: IN-SITU by Jim Linderman is NOW available .  A large format vintage photography book which reveals h...

Vintage Pin Up Girls Drawn by William Fitzgerald 1935 - 1950

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Pin-up drawings by William Fitzgerald 1930 - 1950 Collection Jim Linderman

Folk Art Sewer Tile Head from Grand Ledge Clay Product Company of Michigan End of Day Art

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Michigan had several clay sewer tile factories, and like the others (particularly in Ohio) their workers would take unused clay at t...

Kissammee Momument of the States 1952 Original Snapshot

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The Monument of the States contained a rock from every state in the union (at the time...two of our states with the most rocks were not e...

19th Century Folk Art Drawing American Centennial 1876

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An extraordinary folk art drawing by Dennison W. Hammond of Sommerville, MA. 1876.  It  was drawn, in ink, on the front endpaper of an a...

Sounds from the Air #3 "The Big Game"

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This is the third entry in the Sounds from the Air series.  BOOK AND EBOOK NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE HERE Anonymous Snapshot collec...

CAM of the FUTURE 1957

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Cam of the Future cover illustration by Van Dongen 1957 Astounding Science Fiction (British Edition)

Antique American Folk Art Carving Sculpture Man in Chair Black Cat Jumps Over the Moon

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A superstitious folk art carving.  Antique American Folk Art Carving Sculpture Man in Chair Black Cat Jumps Over the Moon  Circa 1900 ...
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Antique Folk Art Statue of Liberty Carved Trade Figure Collection Jim Linderman

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Antique Folk Art Statue of Liberty Trade Figure from the turn of the century.  The massive sculpture on Liberty Island in M...
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Pen-Pricked Politician Did an Edison Electric Pen and Duplicator create this Hand?

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Pen-pricked tracings have been used by quilters and embroidery creators for decades, though the art has pretty much died out.  It allows...

Racist Envelopes Mailed to Florida 1949

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The artist from Michigan had a demented view of Florida, but he shared them in a trio of letters to a pair of snowbirds wintering ...

Naomi in a Demure Mood

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Naomi in a Demure Mood Circa 1935  Collection Jim Linderman

19th Century Cryptic Symbols incised on a Brick. African-American?

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19th Century Cryptic Symbols incised on a Brick.  African-American?   Collection Jim Linderman

Champion Whittler C. A. Hughes Wooden Figure and Uncle Sam Folk Art Arkansas 1927

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Champion Whittler C. A. Huges Wooden Figure and Uncle Sam Folk Art  Original press photograph edited by hand before publication 1927 A...

How to Milk a Cow Handmade Folk Art Mechanical Postcard Wisconsin 1907

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How to Milk a Cow?  Pull on the Udders. Handmade Folk Art Mechanical Postcard Wisconsin 1907  Courtesy Shannon Regan

Antique Pipe Cleaner Cowboy, His Trusted Steed and a Large Cardboard Six Shooter Folk Art Sculpture

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Antique Pipe Cleaner Cowboy, His Trusted Steed and a Large Cardboard Six Shooter Handmade Folk Art Toys circa 1950 Collection Jim Lin...

What Does a Window Screen Have to do with Climate Change ? Duh.

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First of all, you ignorant Republican climate change deniers should think a bit about tropical diseases.  Decades ago, environmentali...

Antique Evil Clown Folk Art Carving Sculpture 19th Century

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I attribute the concept of "evil clown" to John Wayne Gacy, but Wikipedia calls him "killer clown."  Same differen...

The Unusual (and bizarre) work of Tom Yab aka Cobb Shinn

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Forgotten illustrator Cobb Shinn!  The first image is a heavily embellished postcard from 1913.  It is most unusual to ...
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Antique Colors of the West Coast Turn of the Century NITROKOTE

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Don't paint it, NITROKOTE it!  W.P. Fuller put out Nitrokote in the early 1900s.  Fuller was the largest paint supplier on the West ...
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