Folk Art Mail Art 19th Century Bike and Bridge

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Folk Art Mail Art 19th Century. A bike and a bridge! Mailed within New York state, 1888. Collection Jim Linderman

Here Today... Sam Doyle's House c. 1992

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Here today, gone tomorrow.  Original photograph of Gullah artist Sam Doyle's house c. 1992 by Jim Linderman (bottom) and the same ...

Best Handmade Get Well Card EVER!

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"Cheer up" made by hand get well card by Ellen B. Moore-Morrill circa 1950. Courtesy BOXLOT on Facebook.

VICE ! 10 Original Press Photographs from the Golden Days of Obscenity collection Jim Linderman

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The doorway to the Book Shack photograph by John Collier 1973 Free Press (Detroit?) Candy Barr Stripped of Freedom 1957 photographer u...

Folk Art Shovel-Tailed Snow Snake Real Photo Postcard

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Folk Art Shovel-Tailed Snow Snake Real Photo Postcard of Rice Lake, WI.  "Largest one ever seen." Collection Jim Linderman co...
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The Church of God Jesus and the Holy Ghost by W.C.Rice

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The Church of God Jesus and the Holy Ghost by W.C.Rice, Alabama. Original photograph Jim Linderman

Large Folk Art Whirligig in the Sky

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Large Folk Art Whirligig  original snapshot c. 1950? Collection Jim Linderman

Puma by Michigan Carver Fred Alten c. 1910-1945 Collection Jim Linderman

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Collectors Joe and Lee Dumas discovered 156 carvings by Mr. Alten hidden in a backyard shack 30 years after his death.  There were...
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Elke Sommer Celebrity Artist

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Celebrity painters seldom amount to much.Red Skelton, Ronnie Wood, Sly Stallone, Miles Davis...even Tony Bennett. All great, but sn...

New York Corn Shuckers original photograph c. 1905

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A nice group photograph of what appears to be a good portion of the town shucking the corn crop.  Note remnants of outer leaves on the...

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...