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...

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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