Dull Tool Dim Bulb update for Spring/Summer 2026

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Dull Tool Dim Bulb Spring UPDATE! When you follow the faceebook page, LIKE a post once in a while. My posts fade from your feed if you don...

Celebration at the Puppy Bar New Orleans c. 1945. Original photograph Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

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From reporter Blake Ponchchartrain writing for GAMBIT “the Best of New Orleans” I was able to identify this great photograph location! It...

Subway Drawing Unknown Seeking Information on the New York Artist 1958

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I am seeking information on the artist of this 1958 New York artwork produced by Frank Desio or Frank De Sio? Any help out there? Correc...

Pennzoil Petroliana ! A folk art house and family made entirely of Pennzoil Oil Cans. Real Photo Postcard c. 1930 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog

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An entire folk art environment made of Pennzoil Oil cans! This amazing roadside attraction of Petroliana includes a house, a man (with a r...

Heed the warning signs and SLOW DOWN this Memorial Day Weekend

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For my Memorial Day driving friends, please be safe. Despite sky high gas prices, I’ve noticed no giant pick-ups slowing down to a safe spe...

Looking for Big Guns?

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Original press photo 1953 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Detail Photos of an African-American Concrete Sculpure of a Man and Woman

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Detail photographs of a man and woman African-American made Folk Art Sculptures of Concrete. Early 20th c. if not earlier showing traces of...

Large folk art Whirligig Fragment of a man sawing wood Sculpture which Survived.

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A very large “fragment” from a traditional folk art whirligig of a man sawing wood. Likely the most common theme of hand built whirligigs...

Real photo Postcard of a make-do folk art Horse c. 1920

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A perfect real photo postcard of a make-do folk art  horse.  I suspect the head comes from a stick horse…but it has been affixed to a box b...

Handmade Handpainted Antique Postcard by Bill. Mailed 1913

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Original hand painted postcard mailed from Long Island City to St, Joseph, Michigan in 1913. One of a set of four I have. "Bill...

Rare early folk art drawing of John Brown Abolitionist. Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb

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An extremely rare early hand drawn portrait of an historical figure. John Brown of Kansas. One seldom finds early drawings of controversia...

Beautiful restoration of Potter's Field Cemetary

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It is an odd benefit, but as a walker it is a lovely benefit. Several years ago a rehabilitation project with dedication plaques appeared ...

Walter Baetz and his Gas Tank Outstanding Designed Vintage Toys

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I tow this behind my car in case I spot any gas deals. So far, no luck. Manoil Brothers manufacturing 1930 - 1940 “pot metal” and made ...

Folk Art Carving of a pair of Wagon teams. Real Photo Postcard tinted by hand.

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A really nice hand-tinted folk art set of carved figures sent in by follower of the blog Sam Gratton (instagram @distantlovergoods). Nice! ...

Folky, Primitive Curt Teich vintage postcard from 1938

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A folky, somewhat primitive old time religion postcard 1938. Surprisingly, this was a curt teich postcard, the company who produced countl...

Retro Party Napkin with Bad Taste but interesting Adornments

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This retro risqué (and sexist) party napkin was sold in a set of eight in 1951. The others in the set weren’t con”figured” the same, but ea...

UFO Original Photographs of Flying Saucers 1964

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Trump thinks it's a big deal to release some crummy fuzzy photos of flying anonmolies? Here's some real flying saucers! Original ...

Clock Inn Motel.

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A Route 66 wonder, the Clock Inn Motel. File under places I would like to stay. It was in Oklahoma but all that is left is the big red sig...

Early Folk Art Painting by Eva Rainville. Collection Jim Linderman

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Untitled by Eva Rainville (Girl with Chaise Lounge) c. 1895 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Comic Book Ads for Child Labor

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Those old comic book ads? Sell crap and win prizes using child labor. Hubbard House of Chicago tricked children into selling “religious p...