Tintograph Stencil Children's Art Kit c. 1915

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Several of these lovely 19th century stencil kits for children have been refound and posted over the years, but this one appears to be missi...

19th Century Folk Art Ledger with Drawings from Students in a One Room School

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Drawings dated 1894 from a one room school in King's Corner, Ohio. Doesn't seem to be much of a town there anymore. Note one drawi...

Untitled Cement Sculpture (Man looking Left) circa 1950 Collection Jim Linderman

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Untitled Cement Sculpture (Man looking Left)  circa 1950 15" tall. Collection Jim Linderman

Giant Tin Sardine Can Submarine Explores Lake Michigan Waters Folk Art Fish Sculpture

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Well, a giant homemade fish submarine!  "Lake Crossing in Sardine Can" reads the caption.  I'm not sure the date.  The fis...

Rasmus Petersen

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Rasmus Petersen stands by his rock garden Statue of Liberty with an odd plaque reading "Enjoy yourself, it's later than you thi...

Antique Articulated Figure Folk Art Dancing Man

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Antique Articulated Figure Folk Art Dancing Man c. 1920 Collection Jim Linderman

Folk Art Foot Ephemera

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The small art of the mailed foot.  Two of these anyway.  The smallest is actually a Lady's Calling Card.  Late 19th / Early 20th C...

Apocalyptic Worship of the Antichrist Photograph of an Unknown Painting

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Apocalyptic Worship of the Antichrist Photograph of an Unknown Painting.  This is an original photograph circa 1920 (?) of a...

Pin Up Vending Machine Smut Ring Smashed! Meet the Press 1959

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Chicago citizens will sleep better knowing the pin-up peep shows have been unplugged by Chief Investigator Paul Newey. Since there wa...

Folk Art Emoji : Astonished Man

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Folk Art Emoji.  Wood carving with brad eyes.   Collection Jim Linderman

How to have a Office Romance on Zoom

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How to have a Office Romance on Zoom.  "Eye Flirtations" from All About Girls: Joke Pictures, Stories (no date) circa 1920. 

Antique American Folk Art Drawings by Mantie L. Throckmorton 1925

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Two drawings by one Mantie L. Throckmorton 1925. Oil Derrick and a Bicycle which would be pretty hard to build...but what a beauty.  ...

Lake Tamarack Jigsaw Heaven Folk Art

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Anonymous snapshot of Jigsaw yard art, New Jersey.  No Date (circa 1950?)  Collection Jim Linderman

Primitive "Sailor" Whirligig Folk Art

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Primitive "Sailor" Whirligig Folk Art with replaced paddles? Circa 1950. Collection Jim Linderman

United States Map of Buttons

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Buttons and Buttons.  I took a break to appreciate this PRE-Coronavirus map of the United States. Postcard from the Lightner Museu...

Folk Art Foot Fetish ? Bizarre Carving of a Foot.

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Wooden foot carving circa 1960, slightly larger than life size. Needless to say?  Odd. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Vernacular Photographs: Let Us Entertain You

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Vernacular Photographs: Let Us Entertain You.  A few forgotten performers.  Original photographs collection Jim Linderman

Risque Party Brief Panties from Pennsylvania

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A small cure for the winter blues...Risque party pants from Pennsylvania! There was at least one other similar example with jokes about ...

Early 20th Century Handmade Puppet Folk art Collection Jim Linderman

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Early 20th Century Handmade Puppet Collection Jim Linderman.  Paper mache with printed flour sack clothes.
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Love During Wartime Risque Matchbooks of World War Two

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Risque set of graphic Matchbook Covers circa 1940 - 1945.  Somewhat primitive renderings of "what the boys are fighting...