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Album of Fine and Unusual Folk Art Calligraphy by Children c. 1940 Collection Jim Linderman
Ephemeral Folk Art Sculpture of Sand and the Baby Parade of Ocean City New Jersey Original 1932 Snapshots Collection Jim Linderman
The Baby Parade was a Ocean City tradition which started in 1901. It was just that...babies in stollers. By the 1950s the event had grown to participants and viewers in the thousands.
Note sign on second photo? The Baby Parade is advertised, but the sand sculptures here could have been done in Atlantic City, but the current Ocean City website shows a sand sculpture on their home page. Ocean City and Atlantic city share the ocean and are only a miles from each other.
Anonymous snapshots 1932 Collection Jim Linderman
The Strangest House in the World : George Daynor Fights (the) Depression Vernacular Folk Art Environment
The Strangest House in the World : George Daynor Fights (the) Depression. New Jersey resident George Daynor stands before his muck house in 1939. Press photograph with caption on reverse.
Some "outsider" artists who build environments are shy, but Daynor was Howard Finster with an even bigger bent for attention. An early fame whore. He used his junk-made Vineland environment to attract visitors and fame. Here is an excerpt from Wiki:
"George Daynor claims that he was guided to New Jersey by an angel, who provided the design for the palace. Completed on Christmas Day 1932, the palace was built on 7 acres which cost him seven dollars. Daynor said that his palace was "the greatest piece of originality ever brought about in the history of Man." He would charge 25 cents for a tour.
Daynor was a publicity hog and claimed to be "the most photographed man in the world." After Peter Weinberger was kidnapped on 4 July 1956, Daynor called the FBI and falsely reported that the kidnappers had visited the palace. The FBI followed the false claim and Daynor was imprisoned for a year.
The Palace of Depression was linked with another disappearance, that of William Ebenezer Jones III, who went missing in 1962; the grounds of the Palace of Depression were dug up, but no body was ever found."
Not much of the joint left...only the ticket booth. Plenty about George and his Palace of Depression on the Web, but I don't see this pic. Wikipedia is HERE
Press photograph 1939 Collection Jim Linderman
Giant Cat Folk Art Yard Art Tree and Root Sculptures
Giant Cat Folk Art Yard Art Tree and Root Sculpture snapshots. Unknown location, unknown date. Collection Jim Linderman
19th Century Folk Art Sculpture Trade Figure of a Woman collection Jim Linderman
19th Century Folk Art Sculpture Trade Figure of a Woman collection Jim Linderman Original Paint 42" tall with carved arms, shaped figure. Two Sided.
Early Folk Art Sculpture Carving of a Woman with Necklace
Early Folk Art Sculpture Carving of a Woman with Necklace. Life size carved from a stump block of wood. 19th Century. Collection Jim Linderman
Scarecrow from 1939 World's Fair Penelope Shoo Protects New York Wheat Garden
Penelope Shoo was created by mannequin maker Jean Spadea, and at least one of her costumes was a fashion design by Hattie Carnegie. When she was removed (or stolen?) in 1930, folks wondered where Shoo went. She was STOLEN by pranksters from Columbia University to be used at the Columbia / Princeton football game. The anonymous thieves returned her, sans arms, to Continental Bakery. A color film from 1939 which documented Penelope is HERE.
Original snapshot 1939 "Penelope Shoo" collection Jim Linderman
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The Birth of Rock and Roll by the author available HERE
The Birth of Rock and Roll by Jim Linderman Joe Bonomo and Dust to Digital
Big splash on my new book with MUSIC and clips. Enjoy the SHOW. ORDERING INFORMATION HERE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON AND BARNES AND NOBLE
American Folk Art Sculpture Woman 19th Century (Cigar Store Indian?) 41" Collection Jim Linderman
American Folk Art Sculpture Woman (Cigar Store Indian ?) 41" Collection Jim Linderman
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African-American Antique Folk Art Sculpture Folk Art Effigy Collection Jim Linderman
An African-American effigy made of cement with bead eyes and gold paint. Circa 1920 (?) found in the Whitehaven neighborhood of Memphis, TN in the mid 1980s. Purchased at an African-American family yard sale. They likely "inherited" the piece, as they said it was "always sitting on the back steps." Inscribed around base "JIM LADY" An early African-American Folk Art Figural Sculpture pieces from the United States.
African-American Folk Art Figure collection Jim Linderman
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Evangelist Cowboy McNab Wilson
Original Press Photograph 1932 Collection Jim Linderman
Times Square Smut the BOOK featured in The Guardian
(Above "OTHER" Irving Klaw models from the book)
Folk Art Depression Era Hot Pad Pot Holder with a Face
Folk Art Depression Era Hot Pad Pot Holder with a Face collection Jim Linderman
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Baseball Dart Board Game Vintage Basement Baseball
Basement Baseball! Junior risks a dart in the eye while waiting for the boys of summer.
Original snapshot, no date Collection Jim Linderman
Antique American Folk Art Sculpture 19th Century Carved by Hand Fat Man Tammany Bank collection Jim Linderman
A hand carved antique folk art sculpture which replicates the J. & E. Stevens cast iron bank which was patented in 1878. The cast iron toy was designed by John Hall and was sold as The Tammany Bank. The folk art carving is larger than the commercial toy, and functions as a bank too! Metal coin slot, moving arm, original paint decoration. This folk art sculpture is twice the size of the bank toy, and is an accurate and accomplished construction.
Antique American Folk Art Sculpture 19th Century Carved by Hand Fat Man Bank
Collection Jim Linderman
Vintage Erotic Folk Art Carving Woman Hitchhiker It Happened One Night?
Folk Art carving circa 1935 Collection Jim Linderman
The Accidentals of Michigan on the Road
The talented Michigan group The Accidentals on the road. You can help spread the joy by participating in their INDIEGOGO campaign HERE.
A Real Talking Folk Art Scarecrow Wired for Sound in 1931
A Real Talking Scarecrow Wired for Sound in 1931! Original Press Photograph and caption Collection Jim Linderman
Vintage Ventriloquist Vent Dummy (and one in the box) Original Snapshot collection Jim Linderman
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