Captain Hadacol and the Hadacol Bounce 25 cents off token

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America still runs on snake oil, but not like the good old days. Every few years, some criminal chemist discovers and markets a concoctio...

Thanksgiving Drawing from a Scrapbook circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman

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Thanksgiving Drawing from a Scrapbook circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman

Obsessive Portrait Drawings by Miss Daisy a Shut-in Outsider Artist

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Several years ago I received a package of over 200 original drawings by an elderly woman who drew one a day for a long time. Her caretaker ...

Bettie Boop and other drawings by Evelyn Anonymous 1935

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Some things I scan just because they should be preserved. 7 Drawings by Evelyn Unknown dated 1935 include Betty Boop and some early vamp...

Antique carved folk art “jumping man” articulated figure with original leather string

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Antique carved folk art “jumping man” articulated figure with original leather string 14” tall c. 1940 collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool...

Vixen Books of the 1950s. Vintage Sleaze from Greenwich Village and Gil Fox. (en excerpt from Times Square Smut by Jim Linderman)

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Vixen Press founder Gilbert (Gil) Fox was a Greenwich Village denizen. Mr. Fox had quite a circle of friends. Perhaps no one has paid atten...

Justin McCarthy “Jitney Jessie the Episode of Bessie the Beautiful Bandit” by Justin McCarthy c. 1920 - 1925

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“Jitney Jessie the Episode of Bessie the Beautiful Bandit” by Justin McCarthy c. 1920 - 1925 In a serial format of 13 drawings Justin McC...
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Big Nipper the RCA Dog

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Giant “Nipper” the RCA dog stands guard over the Kalamazoo Humane Society building in 1979. (Standing with him is my dog Crispus…RIP) Nipp...

Dr. Locke Famous Phony Faith Healer? Nah...Foot Doctor! 1933

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I'm a little busy today, so no story, though I am sure there is a good one. Just a few real photo postcards of a "faith healer...
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Bettie Page unseen amateur stereoview photographs c. 1955

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When I was doing research for my now out of print book Camera Club Girls (mostly the story of Bettie Page and the plethora of women who p...

George Laithwaite of Canada Concrete Sculptures Folk Art Environment

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It’s the cement garden of George Laithwaite in Canada created from 1912 to 1952. At the garden, historical figures consort with figures fr...

Halloween Antique Gauze Masks

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A fine group of antique halloween masks. The story of the manufacturers is told on a post on the Blog with more pictures. Collection Jim Lin...

Famous Monsters of Filmland the DRAWINGS submitted by a boy. Forrest J. Ackerman Private Collection

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Original Drawings for Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine submitted by a boy. Famous Monsters was started in 1958. These were contest draw...

A Cactus Pebble Sculpture by Visionary Artist Ben Hartman Folk Art Environment

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It’s Ben Hartman posing with a pebble masterpiece. I guess I would call it a cactus thingamajig for birds. Not only is his amazing environm...

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Totem Pole Park in Crescent City CA is a bit of a mystery. There is little written about it. This, and a dozen other RPPC images of the pl...

Circus Carnival Back Half of a Zebra Man ? Original Photograph c. 1930

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Bonus Post. Zebra and back half of a zebra man? Original snapshot c. 1930ish? Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Lillian M. Trafton Schoolgirl Folk Art Handmade booklet with Drawings c. 1900 Collection Jim Linderman

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Four pages from the lovely handmade and hand drawn book of Lillian M. Trafton. I was able to find one girl with that name born 1892 in Mass...

Large Folk Art Sculpture / Bust.

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Large folk art sculpture I've had around 20 years. I'm not sure how old he is, but the bark fell off not long after I found him an...

Antique Folk Art Bird Whirligig

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Antique Folk Art Whirligig. A simple abstracted bird original paddles. Circa 1940 or so. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

A real Yellow Submarine for One!

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A real Yellow Submarine! It's only about ten feet long,looks homemade. I think Ringo could fit in. Yellow Submarine Michigan. Ph...