Love During Wartime Anonymous Photographs Continuing Series

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Pair of Vietnam-era amateur photographs.  Love During Wartime is a continuing series on Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog.  Collection Jim ...

Vagabond Rat Hand drawn Postcard

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A Vagabond Rat Hand Drawn postcard from a traveler.  Ohio dated 1906 (detail) collection Jim Linderman

old time religion Jesus Saves from FIRE

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old time religion Jesus Saves from FIRE.  Original photograph Jim Linderman.  Circa 1995.

Women of the 1950s Drawings by Anonymous Self Taught Artist

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A few of the hundreds of drawings produced by a West coast "shut in" during the period from 1950 to 1960.  An earlier post on the ...

Robot Sex (It's our own fault, guys)

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Looks like Robby the Robot is going to get lucky!  Cribbed from the blog Good Stuff is the frightening modern world c...

Son Ford Thomas Bluesman, Sculptor, Gravedigger and his son James c. 1992

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Son Ford Thomas Bluesman, Sculptor, Gravedigger and his son James Leland, Mississippi c. 1992  Original photograph Jim Linderman

Folk Art Tillie Toy circa 1930 Ashbury Park New Jersey Symbol Carnival Figure Original Paint

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Handmade Folk Art Tillie, the famed character who represented the Ashbury Park, NJ arcade for a century.  Named after George Tilyou, the...

Lincoln Statue by H. Landsverk Folk Art Sculpture

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Lincoln Statue by H. Landsverk.  Does anyone know what happened to Big Abe?

Flirting with Death Hollywood's Stunt Stars in Person Photographic Lobby Cards

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Some slick format photographs for promoting an appearance of the Hollywood Stunt Stars, each 10" x 13".  I haven't f...

The FIRST Elvis Impersonator was a DAME! Elvira Presley 1957

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The First Elvis Impersonator Elvira Presley! Complete with guitar-shaped pasties, Elvira Presley hits the stage in...

Homer Tate Self-Taught Artist who Created the Thing!

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Artist Homer Tate made the thing. Even though "The Thing" was supposed to be a mystery and a secret, it is l...

I'm Not at the Outsider Art Fair Paris 2019 Edition post Anonymous Drawings of Startled 1950s Women

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A surprising group of drawings by an anonymous west coast shut-in at this point known only as Ms. Daisy.  Each is 9"...

Regina Gilbert Outsider Artist or Flower Child? A Forgotten Primitive Painter

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In 1956 Artnews referred to Regina Gilbert as "a sophisticated experimental primitive" and that  "Her eye has combined ...

Greatful Dead Fan Art

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A few physical reminders of fan's love for the Grateful Dead.  On the Internet Archive, t here are some 600 exampl...

The Moses Tabernacle Bernstein Model

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O. O. Bernstein's traveling exhibition!  Real Photo Postcard circa 1920. Collection Jim Linderman

Big Head from Clyde Beatty Circus 1962 original snapshot

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Big Head from Clyde Beatty Circus 1962 original snapshot dated on reverse.  Collection Jim Linderman.

Risque Space Panties Gift Certificate c. 1960

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Risque Space Panties Gift Certificate c. 1960 Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Handmade Baseball Miniature Book Folk Art Scorekeeper 1926

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    A young fella keeps track of his favorite team with a handmade record book.  Appears to have been the rainy season. Miniature Made b...