21" Tall Wood Carving of a Nude Woman

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21" Tall Wood Cerving of a Nude Woman, likely unfinished.  Circa 1950 Studio piece. Collection Jim Linderman

BAIT Vending Machine with Worms

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Original press photograph 1957 Collection Jim Linderman

Man in a Hurry Antique American Folk Art Carving

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Man in a Hurry  Antique American Folk Art Carving circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman

The Bizarre Easter of Margaret Halpin

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Drawing of Easter Egg decorating.  Margaret Halpin, New York, Circa 1950 Collection Jim Linderman See also the book Eccentric Folk Art...

Cultural Detritus of Horror: Truck Stop Pornographic Eight Track Tapes

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Imagine a guy hauling a double trailer-rig, jacked-up on speed with one hand on the wheel and one in his pants.  The CONCEPT is a...

Errol Flynn Amateur Watercolor before the Fall

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A Tasmanian Devil smoking.  Errol Flynn was literally the "In like Flynn" guy and it is estimated he slept with 10,000 woman.  ...

Miniature Drawing of an Undertaker's Invoice Calligraphy

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Miniature Drawing of an Undertaker's Invoice Calligraphy 1895 Collection Jim Linderman

Fotofun The Two Forms of Fotofun! Regular, and Real Photo Postcard LAUGH YOUR HEAD OFF

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One of my favorite finds is Fotofun!  There were two...one for regular snapshots and one which produced real photo po...

Surfa-Tone Tex Products Mid-Century Modern Wall Slurry! Antique Color Chemical Soup for the Wall.

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It's SURFA-TONE the Rubber Paint!  In the "antique color" series here, I generally tell a bit of company history, but a...

Risky Risque Sequential Real Photo Postcards

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Risky Risque Sequential Real Photo Postcards circa 1940
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Cracker Jack Spacey Spectacles from the 1950s

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Cracker Jack Spacey Spectacles.  Said to date around 1957.  Collection Jim Linderman

Mattress Swing Hammock Spring Longing photo by Jim Linderman

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Spring Longing.  Mattress Swing Hammock South Carolina Circa 1992 Original Photograph by Jim Linderman

Machine age paper die cut stamp

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Machine age paper die cut stamp, both sides!  Collection Jim Linderman Courtesy BOX LOT on Facebook .

Toy Walkie Talkie set made of Cardboard and String c. 1950

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Toy Walkie Talkie set made of Cardboard and String  c. 1950  Collection Jim Linderman

Schoolgirl Handmade Sewing Instruction Book Antique Vintage Old

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I haven't quite figured out the date on this remarkable handmade sewing instruction book, but she received a 95.  What was the ...

The Dull Tool Dim Bulb collection of Bigass Cameras

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Various Press Photographs of HUGE Cameras 1924 to 1970.  Collection Jim Linderman

Vintage Gem Duplicator Grainy Pinup Girls on Colored Paper

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Likely created by a Gem duplicator which was sold out of St. Louis.  A crappy little machine no larger than a hankie box....

Trio of Handmade Folk Art Marble Game Boards made by the same hand circa 1955

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A trio of folk art game boards by the same hand.  Odd to see three like this together now… but they  collectively make up a "mid-...

Mysterious and Thrilling Atomic Energy Circus with Dancing Static Girl

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Well, it's not really Atomic Energy which makes the little guys twirl, it's static.  Still, static seems to be a powerful for...
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Big Blly Cox and his Football Friends Art from the Sports Trades

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Billy Cox and a few of his locker buds from 1950.  Source material for Billy, but the other two are, as yet (or as forever) ano...