Not to worry, this RED real photo postcard from the early 20th century isn't glowing from radiation despite being produced by the Radium Studio in Muskegon. Some RPPC images were printed on red paper (or on paper tinted red) to indicate warmth. This is a perfect example, as the gent is reading by the warmth of a fire. A discussion figuring out the process is HERE on the Post Card Collector site.
Radium Photography, an unusual name for a company, is still in business! They were founded in 1909 and for over 100 years have been providing service to the Western Michigan area! See their website HERE. Imagine the number of images a century old company has produced.
Undated RPPC in red Collection Jim Linderman
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Thinking of a few corn cobs hanging on the outside door for Halloween? Beat This.
"Today" panel made of natural colored grains WORLD'S ONLY CORN PALACE - MITCHEL S.DAK D. Grigg Pix Co. No Date (circa 1940?) Real Photo Postcard
Collection Jim Linderman
No date, but a nice photograph of the "glory" days of burlesque. Note folk art dapple-painted piano at left and performer slugging hooch.
Original photograph no date Collection Jim Linderman
Antique Folk Art Whirligig Sawing Wood Man. A whopper...23 inches tall. This would have been quite the sight on a windy day when intact.
Whirligig Fragment Collection Jim Linderman
A tintype ghost. "A bad Victorianish" painted backdrop has through wear become a ghastly apparition over this bloke's shoulder!
I spent five years looking "behind the sitter" in every tintype I could find putting together my book titled "The Painted Backdrop" available in easy $5.99 ebook form, ahem, HERE. I still can't break the habit. Which is fine, as the backdrops are often far more interesting than the people. In this case, particularly so.
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Some serious poundage from the Great Depression! How four brothers managed to put on so much chunk when the rest of the country was struggling is beyond me, but here they are. Look close at the upper right and you'll see they are standing in front of a bakery. That might give us a clue. Fat cats.
GRILS??? That one is easy, our fat-fingered typist meant "Girls" certainly.
Why the Girls Leave Home? Hmm. A song title, at least twice. Once in 1914 and again in the 1940s. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the photo.
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Original Snapshot 1933 Anonymous, Collection Jim Linderman
Vintage Folk Art Handmade Tiger Mask (Go Tigers) Circa 1950 collection Jim Linderman
The Detroit Tigers are in the playoffs and need my support! The rest of the city? Well...it's a little more complicated.
True Crime Lost in Time ? Siple RELEASED? Hex Ridden Witchcraft Murder.
Well, I'm not quite sure how one makes a mistake about a faith healer killing his family, but sure enough, read the small notation scribed by someone down at the paper. "Siple was released"
Released?
"Father seized in "Hex" Death"
"Howard Siple, 33 year old faith healer and head doctor, has been jailed at Clarksburg, W. VA, charged with the "witchcraft murder," of his 12-year old daughter, Helen, and the poisoning of six others of his nine children. Siple migrated to Clarksburg from the Hex-Ridden farmland near York, PA. Siple is shown above left standing beside a state policeman. 7/3/34"
Now here is a real mystery for you. Why is Siple smiling if his family was murdered? I can only think it was a mistake, maybe involving a bad furnace and carbon monoxide? But even so, why is Siple SMILING? What is a "Head" doctor? For that matter, what is a "Hex Ridden Faith Healer?"
I looked around a little and found less. Short of calling the town historian, I'm not quite sure how to figure this one out. As you can see, they cops "collared" him…but the touch up guy at the newspaper actually drew in the collar.
Howard Siple Original Press Photograph 1934 Collection Jim Linderman
Folk Art Man Kicks Mule. What is left of a "Man Kicks Mule" Whirligig. Intricate mechanism inside allows the arm to be pulled down producing a firm kick in the rear. Circa 1930?
Collection Jim Linderman
Now that Junior Senator Crazy Cruz has somehow achieved the impossible: becoming as hated as it took fellow Republican Dick Nixon DECADES to do…the debt looms over us like never before. Cruz is formerly best known as an advisor to George Bush (the little one) also of Texas (purportedly.) He is now widely recognized as the biggest fruity pebble in the box. So it is appropriate Texas has offered to pay off the Chinese with the biggest bucks in history! Five times the size of regular dollars, each "Houston Buck" is worth one million dollars, and fully backed by the bank of the memory of Sam Houston!
With the motto "The Eyes of Texas" (are upon you) the huge currency lauds the city, but omits that the state has 25 million inhabitants without health insurance. Not to matter! With money like this, every one of us can afford the emergency room for even a hangnail!
BIGass Houston Dollar 1952 Premier Printing Houston Collection Jim Linderman
Richard and the Hollywood Puppet Show. Group of three original snapshot photographs, circa 1950 Collection Jim Linderman
Woman with Checkered Dress Folk Art Lawn Art Collection Jim Linderman
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Juvenile Gospel Singers with Hair Grease is a post on the Old Time Religion site as well.
The young Brown boys gussied up for performance with pomade!
Real Photo Postcard (no date)
Collection Jim Linderman
Articulated Figure Graphic Design Postcard from the USPS (Chicago Branch)
No Date Collection Jim Linderman
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Film predicts reality, as Catherine Zeta Jones has apparently decided to divorce Michael Douglas. I have no idea why, and it is none of my business…but what poses as "news" today brought it to my attention. Which is why I watched the most underrated Coen Brothers movie ever, Intolerable Cruelty. How well does she play the uber-litigious spurned spouse? You'll see if you take my advice.
Personally, and I'll go right out and say it...she reminds me of the first woman Bruce Springsteen married. Remember her name? Nope. An actress. Again, I have no idea of the irreconcilable differences between Catherine and Liberace...but I hope they can work it out.
Lost at the time, as it appeared to be yet another cruddy romantic comedy…guess what folks? It's a COEN BROTHERS MOVIE and it is great. A gift. It's like being given a present you couldn't even imagine.. FULL of Coen brothers odd film angles, weird perspectives, outrageous characters… and every bit as funny as the Dude's dream.
By the way...Inside Llewyn Davis isn't the first film making use of a folksinger by the brothers. Let's just say Paul Simon songs appears on the soundtrack. Often. Repeatedly. Hilariously.
Watch it while you wait for Inside Llewyn Davis.
You'll thank me.
