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Pair of 19th Century Folk Art Children's Drawings by Harry Moar More Folky than Children's Drawings of Today?
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
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Risque Hurly Burly Hootchie Cootchie Dancers of Professor G. W. Van Sideshow Burlesque
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Professor G. W. Van presents his talent in this, frankly, remarkable group of photographs I was able to purchase recently. They are unusual not only for the content, which shows a pleasant afternoon full of hurly-burly, hootchie-cootchie and risqué behavior for the time, but also splendid examples of period dress, gentlemen when hats were virtually required (even for dusty fairgrounds) and a wonderful group of original painted sideshow banners.
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
Group of Original Photographs Anonymous circa 1915 G.W. Van sideshow
Collection Jim Linderman
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Oddities Antiques and the Curiosities Business Not Dead Yet Reality Shows of Pickers Spur Interest in Antiques
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.
Cabinet Card circa 1900? Reed Studio MA. Collection Jim Linderman
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Adbul "calls in sick" 1941 Penmanship Lesson Example
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.
New Model Copy Book circa 1941 Collection Jim Linderman
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Ventriloquist Dummy (Vent Figure) circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman
Circa 1940 Handmade Ventriloquist Figure Collection Jim Linderman
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Lund's Plywood Garden of Michigan
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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Strike Up the (Native American Peoples?) Band!
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Curious Concert Band Anonymous Photograph circa 1900? Collection Jim Linderman
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Opening April 1, 2013 Art of the Potholder
Confetti on the Floor Salesman Samples for the Basement Retro and Modern at the Same Time!
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.
Group of Salesman Sample Flooring tiles Matico 1957 Collection Jim Linderman
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A Full Yard of Grand Rapids! Yard Long Panoramic Photograph
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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
Also posted on the old time religion blog
Guests
Sorry if I'm late...we had guests last night and they wouldn't leave.
Anonymous Snapshot No Date Collection Jim Linderman
Miniature Handmade Whittled Wooden Pliers Folk Art Whimseys
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
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Who Moved the Anvil? Blacksmith Occupational Tintype
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
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Denying Dinah Washington Airplay Big Censored Slidin' Thing
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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Awaiting Salvation in the Woods ? Baptism Photograph
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
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Circus Acrobat Nellie Bellmore in Frank Wendt Cabinet Card Photographs 1895
Frank Wendt was a sideshow and circus freak photographer from the Bowery and later Boonton, New Jersey.
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