A Big Mess of Old Folk Art Fish Carvings

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A hanging catch of the day!  Hand carved old folk art fish on the line.   Pine with applied eyes.  Each 12" long.  Circa 1940.  Col...

James J. P. Scott African-American Folk Art Totems, Lafitte Louisiana c. 1992 Photographs Jim Linderman

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James J. P. Scott African-American Folk Art Totems, Lafitte Louisiana c. 19 92 Photographs by Jim Linderman

Blind Artist and True Memory Painter Mary Drake Coles

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You might have heard the term "memory painter" as a slightly disparaging reference to artists who recreate pleasant rural s...
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A curious photograph. Orphans? Wards of the State?

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A real photo postcard from the turn of the century depicts three children with odd dresses.  The woman in charge is "Mrs. Davis...

African-American Quilt Drawings by Sarah Mary Taylor of the Delta

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A pair of interesting drawings by African-American Quilter Sarah Mary Taylor of Yazoo City, Mississippi.  Circa 1993.  Known widely for...

Bettie Page by Rudolph Rossi Original 8 x 10 photograph tinted by hand c. 1953

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Bettie Page by Rudolph Rossi Original 8 x 10 photograph tinted by hand c. 1953 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Antique Folk Art House Model of Medical Gauze and Plaster

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Antique Folk Art House Model of medical gauze and plaster.  Constructed over medical supply boxes. 13" tall.  Circa 1930 - 1940.  Th...

Precocious Prosthelytizers

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Young actors of the stage (or pulpit?) pose in pitch cards by photographer Frank Wendt Circa 1900, collection Jim Linderman

Antique Dollhouse Built by Uncle Joe

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Antique Dollhouse "Built by Uncle Joe" vernacular snapshot c. 1930 collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Anonymous Outsider Art / Art Brut found on the streets of Manhattan

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Anonymous Outsider Art / Art Brut found on the streets of Manhattan circa 1985.  Now lost.  Each was 18 x 24.  Order books and affordab...

Lonnie Holley Birmingham Alabama Outsider Art Environment Unpublished Photos c.1992

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Photographs of Lonnie Holley and his workshop at what has come to be known as the Birmingham Alabama Airport environment.  They...
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Boy Evangelist Press Photograph with touched up Bible Charles E. Jaynes Jr. 1938

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Boy Evangelist Charles E. Jaynes Jr. and his hand embellished Bible. Original Press Photograph and paint 1938.  Photo by E. Stephen.  Col...

Walter Hale and the Beatniks

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A bizarre beatnik booklet from Beelzebub Books!  1959. Height of the non-existent beatnik revolution.  An unexpurgated expose of the ...

How is your New Years Resolution going? Percy and his Tiny House

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A wirephoto press photograph showing Percy Coplon as he prepares for drastic measures to control his weight.  Caption reads "Plans t...

Artists and their Models. Painters paint Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks

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Representations of painters on paperbacks from the 1950s and 1960s. The most recognized artist in America...

Antique Folk Art Cane Carver and Whimsy Maker c. 1880

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Antique Folk Art Cane Carver and Whimsy Maker Original Photograph c. 1880 Collection Jim Linderman (Gift from a friend.) 

Cowboy Artist Las Vegas Kim aka J. Edgar Kimsey Postcards from the American West

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Cowboy Artist Las Vegas Kim aka J. Edgar Kimsey Postcards from the American West. Las Vegas Kim was a real cowbo...
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