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

Duck Weathervane with a few B-Bs Circa 1950 collection Jim Linderman

19th Century Folk Art Drawing Barn Owl

19th Century Folk Art Drawing Barn Owl 1860 Collection Jim Linderman
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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

G. I. Joe Jazzes up the Bunkhouse with Columbia Records

Original Snapshot circa 1940-1945  Courtesy Curley's Den of Antiquities

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.

Just how Ed created his massive tonnage of odd is unknown, as there are chunks too big for a mere mortal to move.  Leedskalnin literally did create a moonscape near Miami, but little did he know one day it would be filled with nubile moon nudes emoting (well..really just bouncing) for the big screen!

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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See that big goony crescent shaped thing?  Take your pic of pictures…one with tourists, or the other with extra-nude nudists paid for the day!  The female of the species wear "Deely Bobbers" on their heads like antennae. They relax in the tropical Coral Gable sun while two astronaut actors sweat out their performances in tights and helmets.

Here is a picture of the creator Ed patiently waiting for the day the nudes will arrive.  Ed Leedskalnin has been the subject of books and discussion on the junk science radio show Coast to Coast, but I do not believe anyone has yet discussed the environment being used by a bunch of volleyball playing fake nudists creating a film for 42nd Street in the 1960s.

One CAN rent the place for special events today, so I guess a sequel could be made.  I'm sure it could be done in one day, like the original.

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
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Ray Oakes and Sons Crooked Carnival Sideshow Games Add Em Up Dart Board

An add-em-up dart board from Ray Oakes.  Below it, Ray proudly stands before some of his other scams! Mr. Oakes and his sons (one who took over the business when the old man died) sold carnival and sideshow games designed to remove quarters from one person and put them into the heavy pockets of others.  

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

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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 
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Antique Folk Art Sculpture Miniature Carving of a Man Northwestern Collection Jim Linderman

Antique Folk Art Sculpture.  Miniature Carving of a Man on a hook with original paint.  19th Century.  Northwestern Tribe?  Collection Jim Linderman

Feeding the Orphans 19th Century Folk Art Drawing

Anonymous folk art drawing titled on reverse "Feeding the Orphans"

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Bloom Photography Chicago Nude Letter Opener Burlesque Sales Incentive

Bloom Photography studio was active in Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s.  They took photographs of celebrities and burlesque performers.  This letter opener was likely given to customers to stimulate business.  
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No date Collection Jim Linderman