Black History Month original snapshot photographs from the book The Birth of Rock and Roll by Jim Linderman

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Untitled (anonymous) From a set of ten snapshots, c. 1950-1960 collection Jim Linderman (From the book The Birth of Rock and Roll) #blackhi...

The Election of 1936. Amateur hand drawn Broadsides from Both sides

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This pair of hand drawn amateur broadsides from the 1936 election reveal political discourse is nothing new. The stakes were high then too…...

Dilmus Hall Yard Art Sculpture "The Drunkard"

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Remnants of "The Devil and the Drunkard" in the yard of Georgia artist Dilmus Hall early 1990s. Original photo by Jim Linderman....

Dirt Track Disaster ! George Herzog Dies on the Ho-Ho-Kus New Jersey Racetrack 1934

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Two morbid crayon drawings pay a gruesome tribute to early race driver George Herzog in 1934. The Ho-Ho-Kus NJ half-mile dirt track was cr...

Handmade miniature American Flag Book Watercolor Schoolgirl Art

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A page from an early handmade miniature book with watercolors of notable colonial flags. A school project by a young woman. The page here ...

Love During Wartime letters home with hand drawn cachets World War Two

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A heartbreaking entry in the “Love during Wartime” series on the blog. A series of letter envelopes from a soldier to his love back home in...

Capt. George Harvey Sea Goofs Driftwood Sculptures of Oregon Folk Art

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In which we hit either a new high or a new low! “One of the famous “Sea Goofs” created by Capt. George Harvey entirely by driftwood, shel...

Antique Folk Art Bottle Whimsey of a Telegraph Tapper

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A wonderful folk art bottle whimsey of a telegraph tapper! I placed a photo of an actual piece below as I don’t think many remember the tel...

Antique American Folk Art Sculpture Mickey Mouse Whirligig circa 1928 collection Jim Linderman

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A fantastic “abstracted” Mickey Mouse whirligig from the Steamboat Willie days! I don’t have to worry about Disney’s battery of litigious l...

Ionel Talpazan UFO Alien drawing c. 1990 Art Brut

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An early Ionel Talpazan work circa 1990. I met the artist on the street and have many pleasant memories and stories…but mostly he just wore...

The Rolling Trade Sign ! Goodyear giant Airwheel Tire on Tour in the 1930s.

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A rare original snapshot of the Goodyear Airwheel, the first low pressure aviation tire. To celebrate the invention, this rolling “trade si...

Dance Till You Drop ! Vintage Dance Contest Couple Real Photo Postcard c. 1935 Collection Jim Linderman

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Dance Till You Drop ! Vintage Dance Contest Couple Real Photo Postcard c. 1935 Collection Jim Linderman

Head with Negative Space. Bronze Industrial Head Thing

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Brass industrial head thing. 15" tall. Circa 1960. I have absolutely no idea what it is. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb / Jim Lind...

Cayuga County Folk Art Sculpture on a Tree New York Carved Tree by Civil War soldier

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Former Civil War soldier George E. Carr carved this high-rent neighborhood for birds in 1911, it was situated at Barber's Corner, a mil...

Large Strange Group of Hand Decorated Vintage Pinup Clippings

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Among my strangest finds…a large group of scissor cut pinups from the 1940s to 1960s, each bizarrely decorated with red dots. Even I find t...

Carver's Traveling Museum : Weapons and a Horned Chicken on Display

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Carver’s Traveling Museum. On the reverse “Money received from the sale of this post card, thru this exhibit. Will help a disabled Veteran”...

Folk Artist Willie Massey of Kentucky Master of African-American Iconography

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I’ll call Kentucky artist Willie Massey (1906 - 1990)an under-appreciated and under-recognized folk artist. A textbook example of African-A...

Gus Pufahl The World's Greatest Whittler of Monoma Iowa

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Gus Pufahl 1858 - 1949. “World’s Greatest Whittler” of Monoma, Iowa. Pair of Real Photo Postcards circa 1930. Collection Jim Linderman...

True Crime Dull Tool Dim Bulb. The Great Iuka Illinois Bank Robbery of 1921 Original Drawing

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A rare first person account of a 1921 bank robbery in Iuka, Illinois. Obviously a notorious day for the residents…but there isn’t enough p...

The invention of Graffiti art 19th century stereoview photograph collection Jim Linderman

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The invention of graffiti (or at least among the first instances of it being photographed) Imagine how difficult it was for urchins to tag...