It is a bit early, as Spring is not even Spring yet here, but it isn't too early for number six in the "What does your Swimming Suit Reveal" series. Folk Art wooden Bathing Beauty in a Bikini circa 1940 (From an upstate New York Motel Swimming Pool) Collection Jim Linderman BOOK AND eBooks by Jim Linderman HERE
Two consistent drawings by young Harry Moar which I am dating to around the turn of the century. The 19th one. They are signed on the reverse, so young Harry had an idea of his own capabilities as an artist, or his parents did. Some young and naive artists have no idea they should imprint their stamp on a work until they are told to claim it. It would take a mighty precocious child to sign his work before being told.
Lined paper such as this came into being around 1900.
19th century drawings by children look more like folk art to me than
those done today. A children's
art specialist could tell me more (and maybe one will write in) but
these just look more folky than kids draw today.
Now that kids draw with the "help" of touch pads these days... I won't have anything to find at antique shows, and I suspect they'll all start to look more or less the same. Pair of original 19th century drawings by Harry Moar. Collection Jim Linderman BROWSE AND PURCHASE BOOKS AND eBooks by Jim Linderman HERE at Blurb.com
The same banners are shown elsewhere in a photograph dated 1915.
Prof. G.W.Van was from Lockhaven, PA according to one of my heroes A. Stencell, who promised me an interview once but I am too intimidated. His book Seeing is Believing is essential for anyone interested in sideshow history (or simply a good book)
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The New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown owns a photo of the same touring troupe HERE
To be honest, I am not sure if "OUF" is a name or a group of initials, but unfortunately she has passed away. Memorial cards are among them most common cabinet card photographs, but this one has the distinction of delicate hand-tinting and the curious tribute to OUF apparently hand-stamped over her flowers.
Netflix is streaming the complete two seasons of Oddities, the Discovery series on curious and creepy antique dealers Mike Zone, Evan Michelson and Ryan Matthew, master bone articulator. The three ghouls are the Pawn Stars of the Dead and American Pickers of the Body Farm. Twenty episodes in a row, a binge viewing totally unlike me, has left my mind with an odd and curious feeling of morbidity and mortality. So the funeral card here is shared.
Hopefully, the popularity of Oddities will help the antiques business. Everyone needs a hobby after all, and in these digital days a few actual physical objects on the shelves would be nice.
Those of you who might need just one more day after Spring Break may find this useful, a template page from New Model Semi-Upright Copy Book Number 6 used to teach writing to students in India. Bunder Road, Karachi.
Lund's Plywood Garden of Maple City, Michigan. E.K.
Lund was a part-time magician who lived to the age of 100. From the
looks of these rare postcards, that is about one plywood figure a year.
Photo Postcards from Lund's Garden, formerly installed in Maple City, Michigan.
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I can't tell you how many, or if ANY of the players here are first nation performers, but there were authentic Native American bands. Along with other enforced cultural changes, some had instruments forced on them. On thing I do know is that there were not too many tribal trombones until not long before this picture was taken. Curious Concert Band Anonymous Photograph circa 1900? Collection Jim Linderman BROWSE AND ORDER BOOKS AND $5.99 eBooks BY THE AUTHOR HERE at Blurb.
When I was a lad, one of these was the entire basement floor…I scuffed them up playing ping-pong down there. Retro madness confetti floors of asbestos from the Matico Company and their line of "Aristoflex" floors.
I am a big fan of paint chips and floor samples. For one thing, they are the only thing free at your local Home Depot. They are also fantastic for art projects, and they look great on the shelf. Unfortunately, you can not get the asbestos ones anymore…but I guess that is a good thing.
A
yard of Heaven! "Yard Long" or panoramic photographs are frequently
seen but seldom as crisp as this pair showing 1942 Bible School Students
and their teachers from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Too big for my
scanner, and a shame as they are splendid. There is a slight "row" in
one row...(second row on the left, detail shown) but all in all, the
little monkeys behaved and each holds their little Bibles with respect.
Photographed at the height of World War Two, it is exceptional to
realize virtually all these children had a father serving in the Armed
Forces. We can also surmise most of the teachers had husbands or sons
serving. A beautiful pair of integrated images at a time when
segregation was still common, and together a splendid example of what
panoramic photos are for. The special cameras used for these giant
pictures were developed as early as the late 19th century and their high
resolution is still a marvel.Harshberger began commercial photography in Grand Rapids in 1921 and closed the shop in 1949.
Two
Panoramic photographs, each 8" x 28" Charles I. Harshberger "Photos of
Quality...Groups any time or place in Michigan" 1942 Collection Jim Linderman
Depression-era Miniature Handmade Whittled Wooden Pliers Folk Art. Whimsical but good only for using up time. Miniature carved tools, circa 1930 Collection Jim Linderman Books and Ebooks by the author are available HERE
Tintype photograph circa 1870 of a Blacksmith with his anvil, hammer and a horseshow. What I want to know is if he moved the anvil to the photgrapher's studio, or if the cameraman moved his machine to the blacksmith? Original Tintype Photograph circa 1870 Collection Jim Linderman Books and Ebooks by Jim Linderman HERE
Why is Dinah Washington's single here rare? The answer lies not in the groove...but the censorship handwritten instruction to the disc jockey as much as the song title. How's a girl to get sales without any airplay?
You can listen and determine the obscenity level yourself. It IS filthy. In fact, it may be the most filthy song ever recorded, and it came without a parental guidance sticker! QUADRUPLE entendre!
I won't give away what the song is about, but it isn't a trombone.
Dinah Washington was singing in Chicago club "Dave's Rhumboogie" by the time she was eighteen, so I am going to guess she knew her instruments. Born Ruth Jones but soon to be known as Dinah. Her first record was written by Jazz scholar Leonard Feather. She was married seven times, all by the age of 39. It is not clear is the United States Post Office heard "Big Long Slidin' Thing before the put her on a postage stamp in 1993. It was a lickin' thing.
Thank you Dinah. You keep on, despite being hassled by the man!
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I believe this to be a photograph of two folks waiting to be baptised, or having just BEEN baptised, but it could be any rite which inspires awe and trepidation. Mystery. Why, or for whom, would these people gather at the edge of a forest? Original Anonymous Photograph, circa 1900 collection Jim Linderman BOOKS AND AFFORDABLE EBOOKS BY THE AUTHOR HERE
