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Real Photo Post Cards of Wegner's Rocks in Sparta WI
A stone birthday cake topped with wedding photographs welcomes you to the creations of Mr. Wegner. An American flag made from shards of colored glass. A replica of the ocean liner which brought Paul and Matilda Wegner to America. All circa 1925 - 1935 creations built in the yard to attract visitors. Automobiles were becoming common, but what the hell was there to drive to? Wegner's Garden. The couple did not allow photographs, choosing rather to sell real photo postcards to visitors. There are 24 different images known, here are four of them. It is good to remember real photos were more commerce than art. A photographer or "publisher" would print as many as he though would sell.
Real Photo Postcards of the Wegner Grotto.. circa 1930 - 1935 Collection Jim Linderman
A Folk Art Stone Head in Georgia or South Carolina
Two heads in between Columbus GA and Fairfax SC. Original snapshot circa 1935?
Colection Jim Linderman
Original Hand Drawn Rebus Parlor Cards Game 19th Century HARD
Polaroid Dummys! Vintage snapshots of Ventriloquist Heads
Original Polaroid Dummys! Vintage snapshots of Ventriloquist Heads circa 1975
Collection Jim Linderman.
Antique Folk Art Primitive Black Hawk Weathervane
Collection Jim Linderman
Frank Carmichael and his Stable Ft. Worth Pimp and Prostitute Mug Shot Set Human Trafficking Texas Style
Frank Carmichael and his prostitutes, one of whom is his wife Johnye Faye Carmichael. She was arrested at least twice, two years apart. Also shown is Matilda Tingle. Human Trafficking Texas Style. Original Mug Shots 1955 - 1957 Collection Jim Linderman.
Vintage Fashion Drawings by Gerry Van Hovel
Circa 1945 - 1947 Fashion Drawings (and snapshot of the artist at work) Collection Jim Linderman
19th Century Folk Art Remembrance Drawing Urn of Flowers Antique Folk Art Momento
19th Century Folk Art Drawing. Collection Jim Linderman
Horses Pencil and Ink circa 1912 from a Schoolboy's Sketchbook Collection Jim Linderman Folk Art Drawing
African-American Yard Art Photographs taken by Jim Linderman
Southern African-American Yard Art by Robert Howell, J. P Scott and Royal Robertson. Photographs by Jim Linderman circa 1990 - 1993.
Pair of Matching Antique Folk Art Painted Trade Signs Maine circa 1920 Collection Jim Linderman
Pair of Matching Antique Folk Art Painted Trade Signs Maine circa 1920 Collection Jim Linderman. The only time I have seen a FLOOR SANDER in a folk art painting or an advertisement for same. Both for a Maine painter and contractor.
Bill Guernsey's Pinup Painted Duffel Bag Pacific Theater of World War Two
More than a handful of cartoonists, animators and artists of the 20th century got their start painting on duffel bags during World War Two. They often traded their skills for cigarettes and other essentials. We will likely never know who painted the pinup on Wild Bill's bag, but he did a fair job. Bill Guernsey kept track of his travels on the bag, and his visits to unfamiliar islands read like an index to the Pacific. From Guadalcanal to Guam.
Interestingly, the duffel bag continued being a part of popular culture after the war. Surviving soldiers who stayed in the Pacific after serving their country took up surfing, and the bags were soon as much associated with the sport as the war.
Hand painted and decorated World War Two Duffel Bag, circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman
Antique Female Scarecrow Folk Art collection Jim Linderman
Two creepy men meet the new scarecrow at night.
Snapshot of an antique female scarecrow, circa 1930? Collection Jim Linderman
The Giant Folk Art Duck Sculpture
Real Photo Postcard depicts the ORIGINAL black duck statue in Black Duck, MN. The one standing now is a replacement, but this fellow was first. He was replaced with a "better" one in 1942. RPPC circa 1930 Collection Jim Linderman
South Road Art and Antiques Susan Wechsler Color and Whimsy
The colorful objects shown all come from the inventory of Susan Wechsler, a seller of objects from beautiful to funky. You'll see this color and excitement from South Road Art and Antiques all the time...Susan attributes her sensibility to growing up in the seaside carnival environment of Ashbury Park, NJ. Susan selected a few wonderful pieces to share for this post.
Susan Wechsler is the former director of Photosearch Inc., a photo editing firm that specialized in art, history, and popular culture. Artist, art critic, author and specialist in contemporary American ceramics, she also taught at Parsons The New School for Design, and in the Cooper Hewitt Masters Program in the History of Decorative Arts and Design. Her professional life helped hone her eye for art and objects with graphic appeal and direct, honest beauty. As you can see, she favors whimsical, sometimes nostalgic but always authentic heartfelt creations of folks gone by as well as recent works by prominent self-taught artists.
Large Civil War era Antique Folk Art Whirligig Sculpture Collection Jim Linderman
Large Civil War era Antique Folk Art Whirligig Sculpture According to the seller?
"My grandfather lived near Louisville, Kentucky. In 1971 he was visiting a neighbors residence when they were tearing down an old barn that was built around 1890. When they pried up the floorboards, this whirligig was found under the floor. The family who owned the barn said they thought it was possibly used during the civil war. They said troops would build these and put them up around land where the troops were to make it seem like there were more soldiers in the area than there really were. Whether the story is true, who knows."
Regardless, this is one old and gigantic whirligig. The body (a log once) is over 30 inches. With the considerable wear, it makes me wonder about the "19th century" whirligigs and how long they stayed outside. The figure here has virtually no paint left, several staples around the lips which likely held a moustache...and of course one paddle entirely gone.
Collection Jim Linderman
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