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Fearful Religion Turn of the Century "Last Warnings"
Milkshake Mademoiselle circa 1950
Superman Lois Lane Clark Kent circa 1950 Schoolgirl Drawing
Superman Lois Lane Clark Kent circa 1950 Schoolgirl Drawing by Audrey K.
Collection Jim Linderman
Sales Stimulator Sculpture for PC-7 Expoxy "co-branded" with A-Treat Soda
Mid-20th century Salesman Stimulator for hardware stores circa 1955. "Just TRY to remove them…"
PC-7 was (and IS) an epoxy mix that forms a bond which lasts! Affixed here is a golf ball, several pieces of plywood, a rubber stopper, a metal hook and a ceramic tile. All bond to a bottle of A-Treat soda bottle from Allentown, PA. Guess what? A-Treat is still being made too! They will celebrate their 100th Anniversary of thirst slaking in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania in a year or two. I hate to sully their reputation, but Wikipedia already has! In 1991, the company was the subject of regional news coverage when a smear campaign was launched against A-Treat as it tried to sell its sodas in NY. The campaign, which targeted African-Americans, claimed certain brands of carbonated beverages — including those produced by A-Treat — were actually manufactured by the Ku Klux Klan and contained stimulants that would "sterilize the black man". What???????? That's crazy…I guess the bottom end of the soft drink market is brutal.
As for PC-7, the bonding material which appropriated (or co-branded?) A-Treat Bottles, they were founded in 1954 and the goop still works. This survivor of the retail hardware industry proves it still does, even after more than 50 years.
PC-7 Epoxy Sales Stimulator circa 1955 Collection Jim Linderman
How to Draw Girls Jefferson Machamer Original Drawing
Untitled (How to Draw Girls) Circa 1946 collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb
A funny and talented man, Jefferson Machamer was that rare comic artist who was not only a fine draftsman...he was successful out of the basement! THIS close to be recognized as a REAL artist, he was also a joke writer in Hollywood WAY back, and he authored the strips "Petting Patty" and "Hollywood Husband" during his illustration career. He also worked as a writer on the films "Cute Crime" "Fun's Fun" "Gags and Gals" and the immortal "Koo Koo Korrespondance Skool" in which he played himself...thus satisfying the rigorous "clever use of alliteration" important for all comics. Born 1901 in NYC, he ended up in Hollywood where he passed away in 1960, so the work here should be counted among his last. His most important contribution, other than the slightly perturbed dames like these he "tossed off" (but always took time to pattern their dresses) is his book "Drawing The Female Figure" which shows his generous side...he made it easy for thousands of young kids to learn how to earn at their craft. One page is shown here. A master! Bonus points for his marriage to a hot Hollywood actress who starred in 25 Hollywood B flicks
End of Day Folk Art Sewer Tile Head of a Man Pottery
End of Day Folk Art Sewer Tile Head of a Man Early 20th Century Collection Jim Linderman
Talking Scarecrow vintage press photograph 1931
"HEY..Get outta there!"
Genius inventor and ephemeral folk art figure creator comes up with the talking scarecrow. Imagine one planted every acre instead of pesticides.
Original Press Photograph 1931 Acme New Pictures Collection Jim Linderman
Duck Weathervane Original Paint
19th Century Folk Art Drawing Barn Owl
19th Century Folk Art Drawing Barn Owl 1860 Collection Jim Linderman
You may also be interested in Eccentric Folk Art Drawings of the 19th and 20th Centuries HERE
Painted by Hand Carnival Sign with Innuendo old folk art sign
Folk Art carnival ride warning sign circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman
Exuberant Nude Erotic Folk Art Sculpture wood cerving
Exuberant Nude Erotic Folk Art Sculpture no date Collection Jim Linderman
Outsider Artist Ed Leedskalnin of Coral Gables Builds a set for bad smut films!
Why does the moon in Nude on the Moon (a stiff of a film released in 1961) look like the mysterious "outsider art" construction of the eccentric Ed Leedskalnin known as Coral Castle? It was used as the set! Ed's odd visionary pile of concrete and conch shells became the playground for the nudie cutie filmed by Equally eccentric director Raymond Phelan and the insane Doris Wishman.
The official Coral Gables Environment website is HERE, but unfortunately it appears they have missed the connection between their mysterious tourist attraction and the producer of "Bad Girls Go To Hell" and "Blaze Starr Goes Nudist."
Entire books have been written which speculate how a small, old man could create such a monstrosity down in Florida. Today, the whole thing would be digitally created by Pixar, and the naked moon women would cavort against a green screen backdrop like weathermen. But the set was there, it was available (not yet having been appreciated by art aficionados) and furthermore it was right down where the magnificent Bunny Yeager could be the film's publicity photographer
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Old Folk Art Articulated Figure Fiddle Player Crank Toy Sculpture Handmade
Old Folk Art Articulated Figure Fiddle Player Crank Toy Handmade Collection Jim Linderman
Stuffed and Frozen Critters in the Yard Real Photo Postcard collection Jim Linderman
Aieee! Three dead animals stapled to wood decorate the yard of a woman! I'm not sure if they were just dropped off by the taxidermist or she IS the taxidermist! For my thoughts and additional pictures of stuffed creatures, see my article HERE in Paraphilia.
Fat Man Fake Photograph The Press has ALWAYS Lied. Manipulated Photography in the News
Prominent examples of faked press photographs abound. What most don't realize is how many times over the years we have been tricked. Shown here is an original press photograph dated 1921 in which a nascent photograph editor decided the "fat man" in the world's largest swivel chair was too small. An insert of the man enlarged was pasted into the chair before publication. Was the desired effect to make the chair smaller? The man fatter? Either way, just one out of millions of examples of press deceit. Note the chair was cropped with paint as well. This most insignificant example is but one of many. Exactly how many were NOT insignificant is hard to say.
Did you know the famous Kent State photograph once had a pole behind the head of the grieving woman kneeling over the murdered body of a protester?
Original Press photograph with enlarged fat man overlay. Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb.
Erotic Folk Art Grandma's Secret Risque Pot Holders
Handmade risque man and woman pot holders circa 1940. Collection Jim Linderman
19th Century Folk Art Drawing Courtship
Untitled 19th Century Folk Art Drawing Collection Jim Linderman
See also ECCENTRIC FOLK ART DRAWINGS
Ray Oakes and Sons Crooked Carnival Sideshow Games Add Em Up Dart Board
The Add Em Up dart game is an example of a razzle-dazzle. The vocal delivery of the carny is as important as where the darts actually land. During the 1950s, any game involving math was a pretty safe bet in rural America. Often the boards had numbers printed so small, they could not be read from the dart throwing spot. "NO LEANING". Some had numbers which would be subtracted from the total, so a player really never knew where he stood. Along with some confusing patter designed to bring the "total points" to a meaningless (and prize-less) number, the frustrated mark would leave and try the next game. Move along, or look even more stupid when you try to logic it out.
Oakes worked from Tampa Florida and Illinois during the mid 20th century. They sold carnival punks (the rack of cats shown here) and other sketchy sideshow games to operators all over the country.
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Add-em-Up game cardboard sign or dartboard circa 1950 Thanks to our friends at BOX LOTS on Facebook.
Zenith HP-6VA Record Player Ready for the Return of Vinyl !
I got ALL FOUR SPEEDS baby. Bring on the Vinyl.
Zenith HP-6VA Record Player 1950s Collection Jim Linderman
SEE ALSO THE BIRTH OF ROCK AND ROLL from Dust to Digital
You'll Never Have More Fun than with a Game of Dunce
Aah yes. For once, I can say this isn't something I lived through. Like a pigeon, I was born fully grown! (My urban friends will understand that, as no one in the world has seen a baby pigeon.) Digress. DUNCE was a tasteful game produced by the Schaper company. It's what plastic was invented for! Johnny comes home from a humiliating long day at school, and his parents want to make him play school MORE.
I would guess a third of my nightmares go back to school. Brain wrinkles store up the most horrendous memories.
Schaper make a load of toys you might remember. Cootie (that thing you put plastic legs into) and DELUXE Cootie, Skunk, Lil Stinker, Tumble Bug, Snap-eze and Tiddle Tac Toe among them. Maybe letting your kids play video games isn't so bad after all.
W. H. Schaper Mfg. Company Minneapolis, MN. 1956
19th Century Folk Art Drawing Monkeys and Boots ? A Curious Antique Drawing
Odd. A group of soldiers round up the boots of opposing troops? This one is a mystery. I have heard of taking boots and marking the ground with them going the other direction to confuse trackers, but I am really not quite sure what is going on here. Nonetheless, an antique folk art drawing depicting the spoils of war in SOME manner, if whimsical.
Collection Jim Linderman
See also ECCENTRIC FOLK ART DRAWINGS
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