Apple Antique Die Cut Forms for cutting Victorian Scrapbook stickers

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Apple Antique Die Cut Forms. Victorian lithograph paper “scraps” were originally sold in gummed sheets which had to be hand cut with scisso...

Moon Mullins and his little brother Kayo Folk Art Sculpture from Florida. RPPC

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Moon and Kayo cartoon characters Moon Mullins and his little brother Kayo Mullins. Moon is my kind of guy, his name derives from Moonshine…...

Goofy Mid-Century Drawing of a Man inventing the Internet

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Check out this cool mid-century guy who invented the internet so he could look up teeth! Well…maybe he invented the iPad. An original drawi...

Visible Pumps and the American Dream. Petroliana Vintage Photograph

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A photo of the American Dream. Note on the reverse indicates this is “Mother, Dad and Kay”. No location, but somewhere between places. Cit...

Bettie Page with Bangs and without Bangs.

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From a scrapbook circa 1955 - 1960 it’s Bettie Page with and without bangs. There is no original source, but I believe the adjacent photos ...

Aunt Boo and her Dolls. Hillbillyana Real Photo Postcard collection Jim Linderman

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I’ve had this RPPC of “Aunt Boo” for a while, and finally decided to learn her story. Turns out she was a member of Bob Burns comedy troup...

Birdhouse Folk Art Environment Anonymous Real Photo Postcard c. 1940 (?) Collection Jim Linderman

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Subdivision for Birds. Real Photo Postcard c. 1940? Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb #rppc. #realphotopostcard. #birdhouse. #d...

Anonymous early folk art drawing "Are You A Princess" circa 1920 in Crayon

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Circa 1920 anonymous crayon drawing "Are you a Princess" While crayons were invented around 1905, by 1920 they are in general us...

Wooldridge Sculptures in Maplewood Cemetery photograph

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A original period snapshot of the Wooldridge Monuments located in the Maplewood Cemetery of Mayfield Kentucky, along with an enlargement of...

Victorian Spencerian Graphic Calling Card with a basket and rose

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Victorian Spencerian Graphic Calling Card with a basket and rose. A very fine original hand drawn card with calligraphy. Colored by hand....

Justin McCarthy Nude by the Pool Watercolor c. 1930

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Justin McCarthy “Nude by the Pool” c. 1930 Watercolor. Ex collection Tom Armstrong (former director Whitney Museum) Illustrated in Justin ...

Folk Art Hand Carved Organ and Musician

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Handmade Folk Art Organ and Player. I don’t know much about this hand carved figure playing his organ with LOTS of wooden parts…other than ...

Andrew Clemans Sand Artist original postcard 19th century Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

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The one of a kind sand art bottles of Andrew Clemens are well known to 19th century American Folk Art collectors. I recently found this pos...

Joe Chesnut Master Whittler and Wood Carver Folk Art Sculpture Real Photo Postcard

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Joe Chesnut and his handmade train. Note large group of whimsy carvings lower right. Miniature tools, good luck charms, chain Real Photo ...

Estorica and 7 Zephyrs Primitive Erotic Novels from Mexico in the 1950s.

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Alas a project I may never get to, the photo-porn of 7 Zephyrs and Estorica Press. Remember the mimeograph machine? 7 Zephyrs Press was a ...

Justin McCarthy American Artist early drawing Skinanboan's. Collection Jim Linderman

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Justin McCarthy 1891 - 1977 McCarthy’s works in a serial format were created not long after his release from Rittersville State Home for...

A Vintage Mechanical Gag Postcard of a Cow and a Drawn by Hand copy! Both Mailed.

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A pair of “mechanical” postcards, one printed and the other a bootleg! The gag is to pull down a strip of paper revealing the udders. Both...

Lauren Leja Storywear at the Elusie Gallery in Easthampton, MA

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Artist Lauren Leja expands the concept of the book and writing. Her incessant coating of objects with hand-written text is less about obsess...

Rover the Folk Art Dog by Jim Linderman

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This little dog holds a story and some advice. The dog, once named “Rover” passed through my hands 25 years ago. While in line for one of t...

Easter. The Empty Tomb folk art environment of B. F. Perkins

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Reverend B. F. Perkins was a veteran and a preacher. B.F. stood for Benjamin Franklin. He built this tomb in Bankston, Alabama near the Hea...