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Melle Clifford Champion Sword Swallower of the World Cabinet Card by Frank Wendt Circa 1900 Collection Jim LindermanDULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOKS AND EBOOKS ORDERING HERE > read more

Buster Brown Dummy Board with Children

Published on 2012-05-16 20:29:00

I don't know how these girls got their hands on a Buster Brown stand-up figure, but they didn't get his dog Tige. > read more

Some of the Free Acts at the Iowa Fairs 1925 At the Circus in Black and White series #32

Published on 2012-05-14 22:13:00

At the Circus entry number 32 is "Some of the Free Acts Season 1925 Iowa Fairs. > read more

Farmer John

Published on 2012-05-14 10:27:00

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Lorry on Mother's Day

Published on 2012-05-13 08:28:00

ALL greeting cards should be homemade, and that goes for "e-cards" too...if you love someone enough to send them a card, love them enough to MAKE them one yourself. > read more

Galvanized and Welded Bunnies!

Published on 2012-05-12 12:58:00

A fine old pair of hippity hopping rabbits made from galvanized steel, two colors of paint and a welded base. > read more

Dr. Goss's Cornstock Band Handmade Folk Art Instruments RPPC

Published on 2012-05-11 16:42:00

I am afraid I found nothing on Dr. Goss or his Cornstock Band, but if > read more

The Skaggs say Pay 'n Takit Tuscon Arizona

Published on 2012-05-09 20:49:00

I guess what we see here is the story of retail food and big business. > read more

The Tawdry Origins of Glamour Photography Proto Porn the Book

Published on 2012-05-09 09:09:00

During the 1950s, under the ruse of "Art Studies" and "Figure Studies" businessman skirted the law publishing hundreds of digest-sized primitive camera art photographs of nearly nude women. Seldom dated, by somewhat disreputable publishers, the digests featured burlesque dancers and models such as Bettie Page in makeshift studios, and were among the first books to challenge censorship and the conventions of the times as it related to photographs of the female form. The tawdry origins of Glamour [..] > read more

Ladies and Gentlemen The New Book I'm With Dummy Vent Figures and Blockheads

Published on 2012-05-06 12:17:00

I'm With Dummy Vent Figures and Blockheads Vintage Photographs from the Jim Linderman Collection is the newest book from Dull Tool Dim Bulb.Real Photo Postcards, Snapshots, Polaroids and more! > read more

An Auction Photograph worth Auctioning off. C.G.Bradley and C.C. ONeil Auction House Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-05-03 08:16:00

Now here is a fellow who knows how to open a business, or at least celebrate his new job. > read more

Wood Man with Saw Sawn From Wood Folk Art

Published on 2012-05-01 21:06:00

The last time I wrote about chainsaw carvers, I received hate mail from a chainsaw carver! > read more

Rhythm and Blues come Rock and Roll 1965 photograph collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-05-01 07:55:00

For a century and then some, photographers and camera makers have lauded the ability to "capture movement" whatever that means. > read more

Basil Wolverton and Monte Wolverton Comedy Magazine Poems and More

Published on 2012-04-30 10:06:00

I write about cheesecake gag cartoonists on the sister site Vintage Sleaze, but for a time the much admired (and, now, finally, much respected) Basil Wolverton had his work printed in the line of Humorama (Timely Features, the forerunner of Marvel comics) pinup gag digests I study. > read more

Sock Doll Make-do Depression Doll

Published on 2012-04-29 17:30:00

Make-do doll made long ago found today.Sock Doll Circa 1930 Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Magician The Great Virgil Wounds a Volunteer From the Audience Original Photograph Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-04-28 12:19:00

The Great Virgil was Virgil Harris Mulkey, born 1900 - Final disappearing act 1989.Quite a magician and quite a show, one which could afford to have three buffoons stand around in clown heads. > read more

Baby Adelina Cabinet Card by Frank Wendt Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-04-27 09:49:00

Baby Adelina Cabinet Card Photograph Collection Jim LindermanFrank Wendt Carnival / Circus / Sideshow photograph of Baby Adelina, circa 1890 > read more

Stunt with Chair RPPC Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-04-25 17:14:00

Real Photo Postcard circa 1920 Collection Jim LindermanNew book on the way soon (!) > read more

A Large Oak Split Basket with Shaped Handles and Beautiful Form Folk Art

Published on 2012-04-25 14:19:00

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THREE Big Pauls Paul Bunyan, a Beatle and a Friend with a Gun Me and Paul

Published on 2012-04-24 17:12:00

One of the three most famous and deserving "Pauls" in the world, the other two being Sir Paul of Beatle and just plain Paul who played drums and carried the gun for Willie Nelson for 50 years. (The club owners who hired Willie were often slow to produce the night's receipts...Paul was there to make sure they did.) > read more

Bud Stewart and his Crippled Critters Blood Red Wounded Fishing Lures

Published on 2012-04-23 09:20:00

This is the true story of an unlikely gruesome genius, flesh hanging off hooks and people dredging a lake.Bud Stewart has been called Michigan's Legendary Lure Maker (the title of a book as well) and Michigan is proud to claim him as their own. > read more

WAY out on a ledge Umbrella Rock RPPC collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-04-21 18:16:00

Real Photo Postcard images of Umbrella Rock at Lookout Mountain are not uncommon, but few bring an intake of breath like this one. > read more

The Last Levon Helm Tribute Pecks Drum and Lavon the Gentleman Percussionist

Published on 2012-04-21 09:12:00

On my first of several visits to the magnificent Levon Helm rambles, which was the process by which one of the greatest singers in American history relearned to sing, I stopped Levon as he was headed to tinker with the drum kit. > read more

Paperboys from the Past Snapshot of Toledo Blade Boys Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-04-20 16:29:00

Click to Read HeadlineAdult actions can have dire consequences on the kids...and though you would not suspect that truism has anything to do with this photo, click to enlarge, squint, and make out the headline.What appears to be a circa 1935 snapshot of paperboys ( a now extinct profession) is fine enough, but they all seem to be smiling as if the war ended or their team won! > read more

Wendell P. Loveless Three Children in a Furnace with Sound Effects RECORD STORE DAY!

Published on 2012-04-19 17:20:00

THREE CHILDREN IN A FURNACE on HAPPY TIME RECORDSRemember! > read more

Essential Exhibitions at the International Center of Photography 2012

Published on 2012-04-19 11:41:00

"Jeff Davis and His Last Ditch" International Center of PhotographyJefferson Davis hikes his skirt in the upcoming exhibition "President in Petticoats! > read more

What's Better Than A Box Of Paints ? These Are! Blaisdell Pencil Box

Published on 2012-04-18 21:12:00

What's better than a box of paints? > read more

Folk Art Sculpture Man with a Bowler c. 1900 Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-04-17 14:09:00

Man with a Bowler Hat Folk Art Sculpture, 15 inches tall, 27 inches around. > read more

TOP VALUE ! Looking for Top Value?

Published on 2012-04-16 12:29:00

Looking for top value? > read more

Etui Etui ??? Homemade Folk Art Needle Case

Published on 2012-04-16 08:46:00

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Randal Levenson Photographer sends information on Cass Carr, Harlem Photographer and Bettie Page Promoter

Published on 2012-04-14 19:34:00

Photograph copyright Randal Levenson No Reproduction without artist's permissionMaster Photographer Randal Levenson was kind enough to get in touch and reveal some previously unknown information about Bettie Page photographer (and organizer of the infamous Camera Club outings in which she was discovered) Cass Carr. > read more

BIG Gold Scam The Talk Show Host Gold Fraud Racket and Big Gold

Published on 2012-04-14 09:51:00

You are probably better off buying gold from this fellow than an advertiser on your favorite conservative radio host's broadcast of unsubstantiated "reporting" for sure. > read more

Jean Lussier Balls the Falls ! Dapper Dry Debonair Devil of Dare

Published on 2012-04-12 17:13:00

Jean Lussier balled the Niagara Falls only once, but he made a living off it for over 30 years. > read more

Mystiscope Fortune Teller 1925 Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-04-10 19:45:00

Mysticope Fortune Teller Wheel and Answer Book > read more

Wegner's Garden of Prayer (Booking Weddings Now)

Published on 2012-04-09 11:42:00

Act NOW to book your wedding at the Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto and Garden of Prayer in Sparta Wisconsin. > read more

Fred the Chain Man and his Carved Gun A True Crime Tale #2 by Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-04-08 09:23:00

The Chain Man was found guilty October 19,1922 for kidnapping and sentenced to life in prison. > read more

Little Alvin Enck's Bible The Lord's Limousine and a Racy Poem

Published on 2012-04-07 08:23:00

Little Alvin Enck is my kind of fellow. > read more

Wait, Don't Leave! Here Come the Women of Rebekah Mistletoe #40 IOOF PARADE Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-04-05 08:53:00

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Basil Wolverton Draws Twins Panic Magazine 1954

Published on 2012-04-03 20:50:00

Always trying to strike the perfect balance between "HIGH" art and "LOW" art, I may be leaning a bit to the low here. > read more

Extinct until December Vernacular Photograph 1920 Omaha, Nebraska

Published on 2012-04-02 17:20:00

Original Snapshot on Reverse "Dec 1920 3221 Leavenworth Omaha, NebCollection Jim LindermanORDER DULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOKS AND EBOOKS BY JIM LINDERMAN HERE > read more

Jim Linderman Interview The Auction Exchange and Collectors News 3/26/12 One eclectic collector is seeking the storied past.

Published on 2012-04-02 14:48:00

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Show Card Colors ! Devoe and Raynolds the Oldest Company of Paint

Published on 2012-03-31 17:54:00

Started in 1754, for literally hundreds of years, Devoe was one of the oldest companies founded and operated in the United States. > read more

BRONZE THRILLS ! George Levitan Goes Black and Goes Smutty

Published on 2012-03-30 13:11:00

Astoundingly, or maybe not...Bronze Thrills was published by a Caucasian. > read more

Craig Yoe A Yeoman's Work Yoe Books Comics History for the Ages

Published on 2012-03-29 19:14:00

Craig Yoe is astounding. > read more

Elephant Train !

Published on 2012-03-28 07:48:00

CLICK TO ENLARGE ELEPHANTIDAE LOXODONTA TRAINIt's Dumbo...or Jumbo, or Horton, or Babar...what do I know. > read more

Dull Tool Dim Bulb Retrospective 2 Million Clicks

Published on 2012-03-27 06:04:00

The three blogs which comprise the Dull Tool Dim Bulb empire went to two million hits yesterday. To celebrate, some images from the first year.Dull Tool Dim BulbVintage Sleazeold-time-religionThanks! Jim Linderman > read more

A True Crime Tale by Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-03-25 17:01:00

I am pleased to have the following article published in THE CHISELER this week! The Chiseler is a highly regarded web magazine edited by Daniel Riccuito. It is a site much worth following. Special thanks to Jarett Kobek, who inspired the story, having transcribed "The Oldest History of the World" book and the story from which I originally found the information I used for the story. I purchased the photograph above intending it as a post on the old-time-religion blog...imagine my surprise at [..] > read more

Strong Man or Fat Man Circus Carnival Sideshow Freak of Sorts Frank Wendt

Published on 2012-03-25 13:57:00

I Know it's been a long winter, but a few pushups might feel Good.Circus Carnival Sideshow Freak cabinet Card circa 1880 by Frank Wendt Collection Jim LindermanSEE JIM LINDERMAN / DULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOKS AND DOWNLOADS HERETweet > read more

The Angry Bear Meets The Begging Bear Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-03-23 19:35:00

No comment here, really. I could tell you the story of being chased by a bear, which is true...but these photos are just too depressing. I will say for all you hikers out there, the key is to run DOWNHILL...bears don't run so well going down, but they excel at running up.Pair of Bear snapshots No Dates Both Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Mary Gibney Artist and Collector Mugshots and the Library

Published on 2012-03-22 08:57:00

One of the tenents of librarianship is privacy. It's why I love librarians...you can ask them ANYTHING and they won't spill the beans. Privacy, the right which we have almost given away for free (witness the growth of Facebook, where one is asked to indicate their "status" on a minute by minute basis for advertisers and anyone else, including divorce lawyers, to plunder). Trust me, all those status updates will come back and chew you a new one someday.Librarians used to only very, very reluct [..] > read more

Good Hope Baptist Church No website

Published on 2012-03-20 09:26:00

There are numerous Good Hope Baptist Churches, of course, and some of them seem to have state of the art, big budget websites...but somehow I think I would be more comfortable in this place having a chat with the preacher and learning a few things. Original Snapshot 1960 Location Unknown Collection Jim Linderman ALSO POSTED ON THE BLOG old-time-religion HEREBooks and Ebooks by Jim Linderman Orders HERE > read more

Roadside Indigenous Giants Attract Passersby Vernacular Photograph Antique American Indian Art

Published on 2012-03-18 17:35:00

If I had worked two months or so on a blanket to sell at this shop, it would certainly be disheartening to drop it off for my puny commission. Although it did literally take from 2 months to a year for a Navajo rug to be produced, or created rather...as that seems far more appropriate...the going "rate" around 1850 was fifty dollars. Today, a well-made rug may be worth $400 or more. Still, way too cheap. The examples here, if you can get past the visitors and their insulting big friends, look [..] > read more

Vintage Crime and Criminals Black Gangsters of the 1950s Mug Shots of New York Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-03-16 10:18:00

Real Black Gangsters, I guess. Criminals from the 1950s, but presumed innocent until proven otherwise. I'm not kidding one bit. Given attitudes, practices and institutional racism from 50 plus years ago, these sharp-dressers might have been just walking to work. Striking Photographs, each near 8" x 10" and each handed back and forth from lawyers, prosecutors, file clerks and now collectors. Another reminder that the photograph used to be a physical object which developed surface, wear and [..] > read more

Doll Party

Published on 2012-03-15 07:55:00

Untitled original photograph, no date Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Jim Linderman Interview in The Bund Chinese Lifestyle, Art, Fashion Magazine

Published on 2012-03-14 11:55:00

The Bund is a beautiful (TRULY beautiful) High-fashion / style / art / lifestyle weekly magazine published in Shanghai, China, and you will most certainly be surprised if you take the time to browse the current online edition HERE. The Jim Linderman interview is HERE in the issue of March 15, 2012. The circulation of The Bund has grown to 450,000 paid subscribers, and a flip though the online edition will show why. Lovely!Niea Gu, Senior Fashion Editor did the with interview considerable grac [..] > read more

Man Down ! Reclining Man Tintype collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-03-13 11:16:00

Too bad we can't read the paper in shocked man's hand.Original Tintype photograph, circa 1880 Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Pink or Blue Becomes You Baby Photographs in Blue and Pink

Published on 2012-03-12 13:10:00

Consider the number of baby photographs out there. Pause for a second and do some math.Pair of original studio photographs, Hand-Tinted circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Vernacular Architecture Stump House Kind Two Views

Published on 2012-03-11 09:08:00

Two Views (of a two room house with view!) Stump House of Washington. First pic a photo with dimensions (18 feet) and the other a Real Photo Postcard with inhabitants from IN SITU: American Folk Art in PlaceBoth collection Jim Linderman > read more

Mrs. Labelle and her Giant Papier Mache Heads Stephen Milanowski Photographer

Published on 2012-03-09 09:37:00

COPYRIGHT STEPHEN MILANOWSKICOPYRIGHT STEPHEN MILANOWSKIWhile the site here may seem to be about photos, art and antiques, It is actually about stories. I'd like to consider myself a visual artist of sorts, one who uses things to tell stories.There may be no better combination of "thing and story" than this one, and it comes to me courtesy master photographer Stephen Milanowski, who fortunately got in touch after I posted a big head. I found MY big head in the rafters of an antique store in Sp [..] > read more

Paint Me a Beard Hand-painted Tintype Ferrotype collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-03-07 18:51:00

CLICK TO ENLARGEEmbellished by hand, whiskers extreme!Hand-painted Half-Plate Tintype circa 1890 Collection Jim LindermanSEE DULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOKS AND Ebooks for iPad HERE > read more

Article "Proto-Porn from the 1950s" by Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-03-06 16:34:00

NOTE: The following is an article I wrote which was just published at Sugarcut Magazine. Sugarcut is THE premier erotic art and photography site, and I thought some of the camera and visual arts folks who follow Dull Tool Dim Bulb might enjoy seeing it without clicking onto a NSFW site! If you DO want to see the original article on Sugarcut, you can find it, and it has 25 illustrations in a slide show.Proto-Porn from the 1950S By Jim Linderman 6 March 2012 Shown is a wide-angle lens f [..] > read more

I've Been Working on the Railroad (In China with Warren) Folk Art Railroad Men

Published on 2012-03-05 14:18:00

Another pair of honest. hard working guys (see post of yesterday) but today our worker class members are tin articulated railroad men. Bonus below is Warren Buffet singing the song to the Chinese.Tin articulated toy, circa 1900? Collection Jim LindermanJIM LINDERMAN DULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOKS AND EBOOK ORDERS HERELooks like Warren is getting better along with the rest of the world than some Republicans I know. Railroads are good here too...one can move tons freight with a few gallons of gas and [..] > read more

Derogatory for Mechanic, Wearing the Evidence of their Labors on their Clothes Grease Monkeys, Greasy Big Petroleum and JOBS

Published on 2012-03-05 08:46:00

A pair of grease monkeys. By the way, I might have thought of a way to help with the unemployment situation. Require all gas stations to have one or two guys there to pump your gas. There are some 150,000 gas stations in the United States, putting two guys on the pumps would eliminate a week's worth of unemployment claims, and give that many folks a feeling of self-worth. Don't make the independent owner pay their salary or their benefits, they are being bled by the big guys just like you an [..] > read more

Hex CRAZY Zook's Distlefinks and Barbeque Signs of Plywood

Published on 2012-03-04 09:02:00

Distlefinks and such threaten to bury a likely commissioned BBQ Pig at the Jacob Zook Hex sign factory and house of crafts in Paradise, PA. I believe I remember seeing that very pig sign rotting away behind a restaurant which served breakfast in a skillet 20 miles past the Delaware Gap! I had just filled up and didn't have the gumption go back in to ask if I could have it, nor the energy to steal it. It COULD have been a "later edition" as it looks like Zook could crank them out.YES Zook is s [..] > read more

Hagenbeck Wallace At The Circus in Black and White #31 The World's Lowest Type Human

Published on 2012-03-03 08:03:00

Caption on reverse "September 2, 1938 L.A Calif. Afternoon crowd now leaving the circus. Sideshow Band was playing in the midway." Look close and you will see one of the acts was "The World's Lowest Type Human" and I hate to speculate on that one. Suzie born with the Skin of an Elephant. If the date on the reverse of this photo is correct, you are seeing the sun go down in the afternoon and the lights go out in the evening. Hagenbeck-Wallace ceased operation the same year. For those of [..] > read more

Rock City? I thought you said TRAVELocity Snapshot Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-03-01 19:22:00

Visit the Gnome? First Travelocity booking? No, ROCK CITY!Certainly makes me want to hike the trail. Rock City, or "SEE ROCK CITY" as any traveler as old as me will tell you, is an extensive tourist attraction anchored by Lover's Leap, a place you can see 7 states while you ponder jumping. At one time, according to Wiki, there were 900 barn roofs in 19 states painted with their slogan. This little shack may have been a part of the famous Rock City Corn Maze, or maybe not.As for the gnome, t [..] > read more

How-dy Bub Racist Lapel Pin Carnival and Sideshow Premium

Published on 2012-03-01 08:06:00

A MILLION LAUGHS! It's New, It's Different, It's Terrific and It's Racist.Ad for Carnival and Sideshow premium, 1950 Harris Novelty companyORDER DULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOKS BY JIM LINDERMAN HERE > read more

Scarecrow Snapshot

Published on 2012-02-28 16:54:00

I'd like to have met this fellow. See his brother at rest HERE.Anonymous Snapshot circa 1940 Scarecrow Collection Jim LindermanOrder Dull Tool Dim Bulb books and ipad downloads by Jim Linderman HERE > read more

American Library Association Newsletter Mentions Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Published on 2012-02-28 14:36:00

American Library Association Newsletter mentions Dull Tool Dim Bulb Mining the margins of pop culture Every morning Jim Linderman gets up in his home in Grand Haven, Michigan, grabs a cup of coffee, and sits down at his computer to blog. A former librarian and archivist, Linderman collects, researches, and writes about the marginal, the forgotten, and the not quite seemly in American folk art and popular culture. In his three blogs—Dull Tool Dim Bulb, Old Time Religion, [..] > read more

African-American Yard Art "Does Nothing" Press Photo Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-02-27 17:03:00

African-American Yard Art "Does Nothing" while being great.See also HEREIrving Keene construction, December 1956 Original photograph by Robert H. Burgess Press Photo Collection of Jim LindermanAlso of note In Situ: American Folk Art in Place by Jim Linderman > read more

Carnival Cut-out Standee AKA Faces in Holes People Posing in Plywood

Published on 2012-02-26 08:13:00

Carnival Cutout Standee. Three lovely woman on a "girls day" at the carnival! (Does this suit make me look hippy?)Who doesn't have a photo in the basement or the attic of the kids in fake stockades at some western tourist trap? They are back, if they ever left, that is. Here is a company which will make them, disco-style.Original carnival cutout snapshot circa 1940 Collection Jim LindermanORDER JIM LINDERMAN BOOKS AND EBOOKS HERE > read more

Buckshot Flat Confidence Duck Decoy Folk Art

Published on 2012-02-25 07:20:00

Handmade duck decoy with a pair of buckshot eyes. Handmade flat duck decoy Michigan Circa 1930 Collection Jim LindermanOrder Books and Ebooks by Jim Linderman HERE > read more

Dr. Locke Famous Phony Faith Healer 1933

Published on 2012-02-24 07:58:00

I'm a little busy today, so no story, though I am sure there is a good one. Just a few real photo postcards of a "faith healer" at work. NOTE: This post is also on the blog old-time-religion, where miracles such as this occur on a regular basis.Pair of Real Photo Postcards 1933 "Dr. Locke, Faith Healer" Collection Jim LindermanORDER JIM LINDERMAN BOOKS AND EBOOKS HERE > read more

Indecipherable Sign Says ? No Trespassing Homemade Sign Free Styling Picking Handmade Folk Art Signs

Published on 2012-02-23 08:14:00

The best "no trespassing" signs are the ones you have to trespass to read. You can click to enlarge this one, but it won't help any. Usually, the worse the sign looks, the most you want to follow the directions. I once had a shotgun pulled on me near a no trespassing sign. I had stopped not to read it, but to steal what I thought was portions of a LONG abandoned whirligig nearby. I was wrong, but learned having a gun drawn on you isn't really so bad. I was worried more about buckshot in th [..] > read more

What Makes a Washer Woman Work on Wash Day? Whirligig with No Wind Works Revealed

Published on 2012-02-21 21:01:00

A pair of snapshots reveal the workings of an articulated sign. Both women here are among the most commonly seen whirligig figures, but no wind is required for these. Anonymous Photographs, circa 1920? Collection Jim LindermanORDER BOOKS AND EBOOKS HERE > read more

Jim Linderman Slide Show New York Times 2/12/12

Published on 2012-02-21 20:40:00

PHOTO BY ADAM BIRD FOR THE NEW YORK TIMESCLICK HERE TO VIEW SLIDESHOW from "Mining the Margins of Pop Culture" profile article by John Strausbaugh from the New York Times February 12, 2012 > read more

Roly - Poly Carnival Sideshow Sign and Tommy Duncan Throttles Bob Wills

Published on 2012-02-21 07:16:00

I never did find out what sideshow game Roly-Poly was, but if they really did award a prize to every player you can be sure it was from under the counter, not from the wall display in back.I will, however, take the slightest excuse to share Bob Wills, especially when it is a number performed by the great Tommy Duncan. Tommy was smooth as the expensive whiskey Bob was able to drink to excess every day, but what made the pair work so well was the suppressed, seething tension in Tommy's voice eve [..] > read more

Original Mug Shot Photograph New York City Crime 1950s collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-02-18 22:59:00

A striking original mug shot photograph circa 1950 from New York CityMug Shot circa 1950 8 x 10 Collection Jim Linderman (Tip of the Hat to Monica)JIM LINDERMAN DULL TOOL DIM BULB VINTAGE SLEAZE BOOKS & EBOOK ORDERS HERE Tweet > read more

A Rare Unusual Photograph of Israel Thornstein or Charlie Chaplin or Something

Published on 2012-02-17 16:40:00

Or something. A Dummy of Israel Thornstein? An Israel Thornstein Look-a-like?(See Here)Curious Original Photograph, circa 1920 Collection Jim LindermanBook and E-Book Orders for Dull Tool Dim Bulb HERE > read more

The Extraordinary Wood Carvings of Anonymous 1921 Snapshot Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-02-17 07:46:00

Some serious folk art wood carving by Anonymous, who was so good he even had his own special "wood carving coveralls" for when the chips began to fly! Too bad there is no identification on the photo reverse, but at least we know the work depicted was finished around 1921. Close-ups here show not only the remarkable carving, but his weapon of choice.Anonymous snapshot of a folk art furniture maker and carver, 1921 Collection Jim Linderman(see also the book IN SITU: American Folk Art in Place [..] > read more

Chief Paul Protects the Public from Peep Show Perversion Second City Smut Vintage Sleaze Midget Movies

Published on 2012-02-16 06:02:00

CLICK TO ENLARGE CHIEF PAUL'S HAUL OF ELECTRIC SMUTChicago citizens will sleep better knowing the pin-up peep shows have been unplugged by Chief Investigator Paul Newey. Since there was no other crime in the second city on this day in 1959, Chief Paul invited the press over to see his collection of confiscated coin-op smut. Paul's pursuit of the peep shows was crime-bustin' action of the highest order. To celebrate (and convince the public Newey was on top of the situation) he flicks his a [..] > read more

Folk Art Painted Tintype Ferrotype Hand-Painted Means of Production and the Consumer

Published on 2012-02-14 20:01:00

A circa 1880 hand-painted tintype. It is remarkable to consider the photographic process which resulted in an actual unique physical object one could hold, paint by hand and frame has gone from black and white to gone in two or three lifetimes. I haven't quite figured it out yet, but the warmth of an image may have gone with the film.As far as the public goes, each step forward in the photographic process helped the producer become more effective (and profit more) while leaving the consumer ho [..] > read more

Rude Novelty Gag Adult Bad Tasting Valentines

Published on 2012-02-13 20:42:00

Ten cents worth of eleven novelty gag Valentines. One shown.No date, no publisher Circa 1960 Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Carnival Punks Folk Art Knock Down Gay Terminology and the Ramones on Joe Franklin!

Published on 2012-02-13 08:40:00

Years ago, I had the fortunate pleasure of visiting one of the most prominent collectors of American folk art on a regular basis. Besides teaching me much, I was learning at the feet of a master. (Literally...there was no room in his house and I had to sit on the floor.) We traded things back and forth monthly. I would study them, he would study them, and once in a while swaps were made. The stuff didn't have much financial value then, and I'm not sure if it does today.I once brought the col [..] > read more

Teeny Tiny Mickey Mouse Goes for a Ride Snapshot c. 1935

Published on 2012-02-12 23:09:00

A little rat hitches a ride on a roadster. Date unknown, but it looks like an early Mickey to me.Original Anonymous Snapshot circa 1935 Collection Jim LindermanORDER DULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOKS AND TABLET DOWNLOADS HERE(BOOKS for the iPad only $5.99) > read more

Sumo and Samurai versus the Sultan of Swat Vintage Sumo Postcards

Published on 2012-02-11 07:07:00

These 100 year-old postcards depict Sumo when it was a bit more muscle and a bit less mass, but in a sport where the goal is not to be moved, either certainly works.In Japan, the skill is still admired with reverence and tradition we can not even imagine. We love our sports players too, but certainly none of ours go back to 1684, the year Samurai seem to have completed their many centuries long metamorphosis to Sumo. Our biggest and earliest sports heroes only go back to the similarly built [..] > read more

Behold the Tower of Vegetables Real Photo Postcard collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-02-09 05:48:00

CLICK TO ENLARGE TOWER OF VEGETABLESRubbing a New York State bounty in the rest of the world's face, a well-stacked and stocked "Vegetable Tower" reins over the State Fair of 1918. It was harvest time, and you know all those zucchini ripen at the same time. The upstate farmers must have run out of friends to pass them off to. Click to enlarge and you'll see corn, pumpkins and who knows what else. I do not believe the vertical cornucopia caught on...I find no mention of one at the WORLD'S fai [..] > read more

What She Taught Me Vernacular Photograph Snapshot Collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2012-02-07 10:47:00

Plucked from a photography book to reveal a lovely note from a best friend."She also taught me this"There is quite a story told in this one little picture. Friendship, skill, sharing, play, joy and pride come to mind without much thought. Captions matter.Untitled, Anonymous Snapshot, circa 1920? Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Ladies and Gentleman! THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRESTLERS! GORGEOUS GEORGE IN A GORGEOUS SCRAPBOOK

Published on 2011-07-04 13:17:00

A drag my puny scanner can't handle these giant wrasslers from the past, but then the ring couldn't hold them either. It is nice that Junior built this colorful collection, as he most certainly was watching them perform in black and white.Of course > read more

Vintage African-American Magazines Hot Black Romance

Published on 2011-07-01 18:19:00

Black romance! Other than the dynamite duo of Jet and Ebony from Johnson Publications in Chicago, African-American magazines are surprisingly scarce, which is why the examples I pick to show here likely will not look familiar. Smaller circulations, > read more

Atomic Ranch Magazine PRINTS MY LETTER (!) Mid-Century Chair with Amateur Design Mastery

Published on 2011-06-30 21:02:00

CLICK TO ENLARGEHaving abandoned Manhattan for Michigan three years ago, and having been fortunate enough to purchase a 1963-built ranch house in beautiful condition, ATOMIC RANCH has become one of my favorite magazines. Which is why I sent them a f > read more

Folk Art Dancing Dan Limberjack Jig Doll Jiggerman Limberjim Dancin' Dan the Yankee Doodle Dancer Articulated Figure

Published on 2011-06-30 07:12:00

A limberjack, AKA jig doll, slapjack, jiggerman, limberjim, dancin' dan, paddle puppet and yankee-doodle dancer (and articulated figure if it is mounted on a museum base) is actually a wooden musical instrument which consists of a doll with loose > read more

A Photographer who could MAKE YOU A STAR Girls Girls Girls

Published on 2011-06-28 17:18:00

CLICK TO ENLARGE THE STAR14th Annual 4-H Girls Convention Iowa State College by George W. Cushman 1941 Collection Jim LindermanSee Also Dull Tool Dim Bulb Art Book Catalog HERETweet > read more

Early Paintbox Set Fraktur Pigment in Bottles Art History Early 19th Century Paint Set

Published on 2011-06-27 10:14:00

COLLECTION JIM LINDERMAN / DULL TOOL DIM BULBCOLLECTION JIM LINDERMAN / DULL TOOL DIM BULBCOLLECTION JIM LINDERMAN / DULL TOOL DIM BULBThe collapsible tin paint tube was invented in 1841, and by 1860 or so they were in general use. Early watercolor > read more

Stars Stripes Cabinet Card Dull Tool Dim Bulb collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2011-06-26 05:43:00

Anonymous Cabinet Card Photograph circa 1900? Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Buffalo Coat Tintype Man Buffalo Bill and the Clothing of the West

Published on 2011-06-23 20:45:00

A fine gent in his stylish Buffalo Coat. Actually, I am going to guess the coat is a photography studio prop to help tenderfoots look like they've been to the Wild West. And I should know, being a distant relative of Buffalo Bill. True. William F > read more

The Cable Alphabet Enlightens the World

Published on 2011-06-22 07:32:00

Dull Tool Dim Bulb Book Catalog HERETumblr HERE > read more

I Listen to the Wind Music in Vernacular Photographs from Dust to Digital Steve Roden Changing the Way one Looks at Sound

Published on 2011-06-21 08:38:00

I am pleased to try conjuring up the first review of Steve Roden's music and photography project with Dust to Digital, "...I listen to the wind that obliterates my traces: music in vernacular photographs 1888-1955"Sight and sound meet in perfect bala > read more

19th Century Folk Art Portrait of a Young Woman Tintype Photograph collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2011-06-19 09:52:00

CLICK TO ENLARGEA splendid, half-plate tintype photograph of an even earlier folk art portrait of a young woman. My fashion expert dates the portrait to 1825 or 1830, I'm going to say the tintype was taken thirty or forty years later. Taking phot > read more

THE BANK GAME Spin and Save (or withdraw) Financial Thrills!

Published on 2011-06-17 11:07:00

CLICK TO INVEST!The Bank Game Spinner No Date or manufacturer. (1929?) Collection Jim LindermanSee all dull tool dim bulb books HERETweet > read more

Weegee Bettie Page and the FBI The Last (?) Unpublished Photographs and What Weegee told the FBI about Bettie Page

Published on 2011-06-14 14:05:00

(c) Weegee/International Center of Photography/Getty Images(c) Weegee/International Center of Photography/Getty Images(c) Weegee/International Center of Photography/Getty Images(c) Weegee/International Center of Photography/Getty ImagesWhat if you co > read more

C-Monster My Favorite Art Critic in the World, C-Mon Chases Fame (and Google)

Published on 2011-06-13 13:04:00

I don't post enough about people I admire ( and rely on) as often as I should. The post below is cribbed from the outstanding, required, essential, growing and FABULOUS contemporary art survey blog C-Monster.net. and while not a characteristic post > read more

Punch Card Reel Hit Art of Gambling Vintage Gambling Card Graphics

Published on 2011-06-12 23:29:00

Large vintage poster-size punch card. Take a Chance! Unused! Circa 1940? Collection Jim LindermanBrowse and Purchase Dull Tool Dim Bulb Books HERETweet > read more

Tintype Painted Backdrop Book Review The Painted Backdrop: Behind the Sitter by Jim Linderman

Published on 2011-06-11 13:15:00

CLICK TO ENLARGEA nice thoughtful review of my book The Painted Backdrop: Behind the Sitter in American Tintype Photography 1860-1920 appears on the Art Site Ululating Undulating Ungulate by Deanna. A brief excerpt below... and link to the complete > read more

Rustic Vaudeville from the West Paquin Family of Performers RPPC collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2011-06-08 08:23:00

What a delight to have seen this family troupe perform. Late 1930s Family Paquin who played the Western Circuit with Snake Chamers, Musicians, Contortionists and more, all from the same stock! See More HERE Collection of Real Photo Postcards Jim L > read more

Party Hats From Germany Crepe Paper and Die Cut Appliques

Published on 2011-06-07 07:03:00

Set of Crepe Paper Party Hats, No Date, Germany Early 20th Century Collection Jim LindermanTweet > read more

Miniature Native American Sweetgrass Basket and Lessons from the Birds

Published on 2011-06-04 08:45:00

A beautiful miniature Native American sweetgrass basket. A decorative trinket form which originated during Victorian times to provide a meager living for our noble original residents. Taking all manner of shape and form, these baskets, which are com > read more

Vernacular Hand Tinted Photograph Collection 1950s

Published on 2011-06-02 19:53:00

Add some color! Kodachrome is extinct,but I do not expect to see a return to hand painted photographs. I don't mean "contemporary artists" who ruin old prints by doctoring them up, I mean the real thing, usually done with Marshall's Oil Colors, an > read more

Jim Linderman Interview

Published on 2011-06-01 08:40:00

Interview with me and my alter-ego HERE > read more

Summer Snapshots circa 1970 Vernacular Photograph Group

Published on 2011-05-31 21:49:00

Summer is good. Three anonymous vernacular snapshots circa 1970 Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Civil War Colt Weapons Collection of Gun Collector William S. Lawrence

Published on 2011-05-31 07:36:00

CLICK TO ENLARGE (COIN SHOWN TO INDICATE PHOTO SIZE)Pair of matching original photographs, each 8 x 10 Collection Jim LindermanDULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOK CATALOG HERE > read more

Indy 500 Race SPECIAL! Pedal to the Metal Pedal Car RACE

Published on 2011-05-29 19:36:00

Group of Anonymous Snapshots collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb Books HERE > read more

There Once Was A Man From Nantucket...Wood Whirligig Folk Art

Published on 2011-05-28 11:54:00

Whirligig Figure, circa 1930 Collection Jim LindermanSEE ALSO HERE for the story of the Nantucket Sailor Whirligig > read more

The Worst Woman in the County Addicted to Scolding and Open on Sunday

Published on 2011-05-28 08:43:00

CLICK TO ENLARGE (OR JUST TRUST ME)What does it take for a woman to get arrested for just being ornery? Start with being "addicted to scolding" and to "instruct and teach her children to insult, abuse and injure children and persons in general." Mr > read more

Top Secret Woman Vitals and Man Vitals from the HI Shear Rivet Tool Company

Published on 2011-05-27 13:39:00

CLICK TO ENLARGEEverything a spy would need for a night out on the town...or I guess any customer or client of hi-shear rivet tool company! Pair of Top Secret Folding Cards 1952 Collection Jim Linderman The BOOKSTORE > read more

Ricky Jay Celebrations of Curious Characters a Review of sorts...and Pizza

Published on 2011-05-25 10:43:00

As I have been a big fan of Ricky Jay since watching him throw a playing card through a watermelon upstairs in a small theater off Times Square, it would be unfair for me to review his new book Celebrations of Curious Characters. Suffice to say it i > read more

Mystery Cabinet Card Pair

Published on 2011-05-24 17:10:00

A Play? Pageant? Coronation? An odd group indeed, and while they certainly seem on a stage with a backdrop, it is a motley troupe, and identification is not made easier by a lousy photographer. Two Cabinet Card Photographs circa 1880 Collectio > read more

Big Folk Art Heads AGAIN

Published on 2011-05-23 08:20:00

More big heads. A coincidence. I'm going work in the garden today, no time to do a real post!Parade Snapshots circa 1935 collection Jim LindermanDull Tool Dim Bulb Tumblr HERE > read more

The Big Folk Art Head of Peter Fuoco Carving Sculpture

Published on 2011-05-20 18:06:00

CLICK TO MAKE BIG HEAD EVEN BIGGERPeter Fuoco of Revelstoke, British Columbia discovered a big head in a tree trunk and spent some time bringing out the features, then added an equally giant hat. Dubbed "Ol' Woodenhead." A sign was placed next to > read more

Joey Lin and his Anonymous Works A New Stop and Shop!

Published on 2011-05-18 19:59:00

Joey Lin and I have been swapping pictures of finds for a few years...but he also shares them with a wider audience through his blog Anonymous Works. Mr. Lin has a skill for finding authenticity, an increasingly scarce and valuable trait. Now Joey > read more

Wood Folk Art Birds of Uncommon Form and Grace

Published on 2011-05-17 12:32:00

When do lawn ornaments become good enough to be called folk art? When you bring them inside.Pair of wooden swans, circa 1940 Collection Jim LindermanDull Tool Dim Bulb Books HERE > read more

Tintype Profile Side View Young Woman

Published on 2011-05-15 10:20:00

Collection Jim Linderman > read more

A Beautiful Indian Princess Real Photo Post Card RPPC Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Published on 2011-05-13 13:23:00

Circa 1900 Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Peach Secrets

Published on 2011-05-11 20:48:00

Every peach holds within a little secret, I guess. > read more

Wire Mesh Masks for Odd Fellows Lodge Ritual Masks Folk Art

Published on 2011-05-10 07:59:00

No, the one in the middle isn't Osama in final repose.A group of Demoulin Masks! Lodge ritual objects. Demoulin was an astounding mail order company in the 1930s. These masks, three from the many they sold, were intended to be used in fraternal org > read more

Early Wallpaper Folk Art Block Printed Survivor Collection Jim Linderman Old Wallpaper Boxes

Published on 2011-05-07 21:06:00

Nice painting? Folky, eh? But it is wallpaper. Circa 1850 and hand-printed with carved blocks. I removed it carefully from the frame to show the detail, and as you can see portions of the chalky original paint now cling to the glass, but fortunat > read more

When red means RED and STOP with Giant Backdrop

Published on 2011-05-06 12:24:00

Red means STOPDetroit News Original Press Photo 1939 Collection Jim LindermanJim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb Books Catalog HERE > read more

Last Nail in the Coffin (The LAST Unheard Robert Johnson Track) 100 years of Traveling Riverside Blues

Published on 2011-05-06 08:03:00

The only bad thing about Robert Johnson is that there are no more tracks to find. It used to be when one discovered an artist worth hearing, one had to go look for the rest at record stores, or under the mattress in bad neighborhoods.Johnson is now > read more

The Good Dog Scrapbook by Jim Linderman and Anonymous

Published on 2011-05-04 19:27:00

AVAILABLE NOW FROM BLURB.COM HERE > read more

"Father, Shall you make me a Wind Toy today?" Wonderful Windmobile with Wheels

Published on 2011-05-04 10:21:00

Jeepers. Dad must have gone crazy. Would you let your daughter ride on this thing with a good wind off the lake? This appears to be half windmill, half go-cart, all mystery.Original Photograph Central Michigan circa 1920 Anonymous Collection Jim L > read more

Fern Bisel Peat Unsung Woman Artist and Children's Playmate

Published on 2011-05-03 08:51:00

For 75 years Children's Playmate was just that. A playmate. From 1935 to 2008 (when it merged with Jack and Jill) it had kids thinking, drawing, clipping, making and thinking. These issues from the glory days give only a small indication of the be > read more

Ventriloquist Dummy Vent on a Box At the Circus in Black and White Jim Linderman collection of Circus Photographs #26

Published on 2011-05-01 13:13:00

Number 26 in the series AT THE CIRCUS IN BLACK AND WHITE Ventriloquist Dummy Head (at rest). Original Snapshot circa 1930-1940 collection Jim LindermanDULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOKS HERETweet > read more

Wooden Clown Folk Art Ring Toss on the Nose Paddle Wild Paint

Published on 2011-04-30 12:27:00

Carved wood handle ring toss game Hand-painted Circa 1940 Collection Jim LindermanDull Tool Dim Bulb BOOKS HERE > read more

Vernacular Architecture in the Desert Old Man Kelly and his Rhyolite Bottle House

Published on 2011-04-29 09:01:00

Are bottles good insulation? I guess. You never heard Tom Kelly complain, but then he lived in the Death Valley desert and it probably only got cold at night, but certainly well below freezing. (Actually the maker never lived in the house.)I bough > read more

Black Ink Lost and Forgotten African-American Cartoonists of the Negro Pulps

Published on 2011-04-27 20:07:00

Anyone out there need a doctoral project? I can't do it, my plate is full, but I do have a knack for ideas and a small pile of fairly scarce magazines aimed at the African-American market from the 1950s and 1960s. Even the magazines are fairly har > read more

Spiritualist Medium's License to Steal Mrs. Crocker's Crock of Crap Speaking to the Dead

Published on 2011-04-26 19:31:00

Now I think science will side with me on this one...you can not talk to the dead. They are dead! But some charlatan, fraud, fake, criminal money-grubbing scam artists think they can. (Well, to be a little more accurate, the thieves only CLAIM they > read more

Mark Schneider Master Artist of the Pulp Sir! Neglected Hero of Magazine Illustration Sir! Mark Schneider Sir!

Published on 2011-04-25 19:00:00

As something of a researcher, I am reminded daily the inadequacies of the internet. If you kids out there think you're writing a good paper based on what is available at your fingertips, you have more learning to do. A case in point is Mark Schneid > read more

Simple Robin's Egg Blue Birdhouse

Published on 2011-04-25 08:43:00

A simple robin's egg blue birdhouse which welcomed Michigan spring 50 years. I like to think it was a collaboration between a boy, his father and a jigsaw.Brief essay on the Birdhouse HERE Collection Jim LindermanDULL TOOL DIM BULB BOOKS HERE > read more

Fishing MEN Who Fish Fish Vernacular Photograph collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2011-04-24 09:59:00

On the line. See "sister" post HERE"Friend Bill, Better run down for a weekend, I need some help. The big ones are coming easy. This was on May 22, 24 and 30. 12 pickerel and yesterday 21 bass and 4 pickerel. Going out June 16th for four days to > read more

Set of Handmade and Paint Decorated Folk Art Chairs

Published on 2011-04-21 18:09:00

CLICK TO ENLARGENothing better to cheer up a man stuck in permanent winter than a folk art discovery. Two chairs here (from a set of four) I obtained over the weekend. They are from a bar in the "thumb" of Michigan. I only have room for two in the > read more

Big Benny Binion's Pile of Bills

Published on 2011-04-21 06:57:00

Reporters on the tube have trouble illustrating the size of the national debt. They should have asked Benny Binion for help. Here, Benny's big bundle of bills (one million dollars on display) competes for attention from a big-hipped better. Binio > read more

Death as a Way of Life Post-Mortem Tintype Photograph collection Jim Linderman

Published on 2011-04-19 19:49:00

I know this hurts. A post-mortem tintype photograph circa 1870 depicts a mother holding her recently passed away child. Infant mortality was high and children were often photographed as a memento before burial. An image to share with family membe > read more

Mat Mugs! The Wonderful Photomatic Photograph Machine and Mutoscope. William Rabkin Fast Talking Genius of the Photomatic Machine and the Claw

Published on 2011-04-18 10:20:00

Let's all take a minute to thank the International Mutoscope and Reel Company! No one provided better value for your time and your dime. "Photomatic" photographs are but one example of their product line. Photomatic machines were plopped down where > read more

The BIG Problem of Digital Photography and Digital Art

Published on 2011-04-17 17:39:00

My concern is not so much with the profession or the industry. It lies in the esthetic. Photographs are physical objects. They age, they yellow, they wear…and each step changes the physical object. Think of a country song with a yellowing ph > read more

Good DOGS! Well-trained Dogs pose for their Tintype Photograph circa 1870.. Good DOGS

Published on 2011-04-17 14:18:00

Managing to maintain their composure during the long exposure time required for a tintype photograph is not one, but TWO good dogs who I hope were rewarded with treats and love as they have rewarded their owners with this photograph.Anonymous Tintype > read more

Laura Levine Prolific Photographer Proprietor Artist and Renaissance Woman

Published on 2011-04-15 10:53:00

Bjork, Woodstock, NY, 1991 © Laura Levine - All Rights Reserved Dr. John, NYC, 1992 © Laura Levine - All Rights ReservedCaptain Beefheart, NYC 1980 © Laura Levine - All Rights ReservedHenry Rollins, NYC 1993 © Laura Levine - All Rights Reserved > read more

Canadian Vaudeville Performer with Snake and Monkey RPPC 1939 Paguin Pequin Paguin Canada Moose Jaw Saskatchewan

Published on 2011-04-14 11:18:00

A member of the Paguin vaudeville family active in the Saskatchewan Province of Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. I purchased a photo archive of the group and am seeking information. The multi-talented group (musicians, contortionists and more) perfor > read more

Genealogy DNA Roots Family History Hand-painted Lithographs and Buffalo Bill

Published on 2011-04-13 19:54:00

I am not into genealogy, though the doctor did take a DNA test today...scientists are learning how genetics influences disease. I have always been more interested in moving ahead than looking back, but those who do the family history are to be much > read more

Graphic Design of the Awning Kind The WHEEL of AWNINGS Salesman Sample Pamphlet

Published on 2011-04-12 10:47:00

There will be no yawnings when you have new awnings from MacKenzie! Magic rotating wheel allows one to select the perfect shade of shade making shades! MacKenzie Awning Salesman Sample Booklet with wheel and die-cut window. No Date Collection Ji > read more

Pretend Scrapbook Folk Art Project Miniature!

Published on 2011-04-11 12:49:00

Some time and place in the 1940s or so, a child created a tiny Pretend Scrapbook. With cast away wallpaper scraps for a cover, bound in yarn. There was a mother, father, doctor and nurse. Not the child's caretakers, but close enough approximations > read more

Miracle Fotos Pic-Tease "Fingers"Game YOU DEVELOP THEM Hollywood Lovelies

Published on 2011-04-10 19:50:00

As Kodachrome fades into fuzzy, unfocused memory, I present here just about the only thing left to develop. MIRACLE FOTO! The "Fingers" Game with photographs you develop at home. Presented by Pic-Tease, one of the finest providers of Hollywood Lov > read more

Folk Art Frame 19th Century Wallpaper Tintype of Baby

Published on 2011-04-09 18:34:00

Circa 1870 Tintype within a homemade folk art wallpaper frame Collection Jim LindermanTweet > read more

How Old is that Folk Art in the Window? "Let's make an ANTIQUE"

Published on 2011-04-08 18:49:00

Not long ago, I wrote a post pointing pointing out that plywood is now officially an antique. Need a hobby?All the above ads come from one issue of Home Craftsman, the August 1952 issue.Dull Tool Dim Bulb Books Catalog HERE > read more

Fishing Women who Fish Fish Jim Linderman Collection

Published on 2011-04-06 21:23:00

What can I say? Women who fish.Collection of Vernacular Photographs 1927-1954 Collection Jim LindermanDull Tool Dim Bulb BooksTweet > read more

BUMP ME "Card in Motion" for Dull Tool Dim Bulb (Business Cards of TODAY)

Published on 2011-04-06 11:57:00

This is my Digital Card. My "Business" card. I made it dance. The reverse has my personals, and though it might not seem like it, I value my privacy. But here they are.Manufacturers are now making hand held phones and devices which will allow you > read more

Birdhouse Pre-loaded! Whittled Bird Carvings Perched Forever Folk Art

Published on 2011-04-05 20:46:00

Anonymous snapshot "around 1940 Albert Lowenblum's daughter's house West of Big Rapids" Collection Jim Linderman (See also In Situ: American Folk Art in Place book HERE)Tweet > read more

Victorian Paper Momento Folk Art 19th Century Forget Me Not

Published on 2011-04-05 08:42:00

Dated (in pencil) 1887 Handmade folded Love Token with applied decoration.Collection Jim LindermanDull Tool Dim Bulb Books HERE > read more

Spider Woman! Victorian Woman Caught in a Web (Bob Dylan Expecting Rain Basement Tapes Reid Miles)

Published on 2011-04-04 17:52:00

I really do not know why early photographers thought it chic to use this web protective overlay, but several did. Short post today...I've been working on a piece about Bob Dylan and the designer Reid Miles who did the Basement Tapes album jacket (as > read more

The Wrong Card Drawn

Published on 2011-04-03 14:56:00

Evidence > read more

Texting the Dull Tool Dim Bulb Way Stenography Shorthand Eubonics Steganography and those Damn Kids

Published on 2011-04-02 10:20:00

Stenography is not Shorthand, but they are closely related, I guess. Children can learn anything...just imagine the complexity of human text and how it is acquired by the young. We are able to recognize wrinkled little characters on a page (or sc > read more

ONE MILLION CLICKS! I Hope I don't get a Giant (Folk Art) Big Head

Published on 2011-04-01 18:16:00

Dull Tool Dim Bulb has achieved the impossible (unless you have Lindsay Lohan doing drugs in the background) ONE MILLION HITSWe are VERY proud! And by "we" I mean Junior and I. Two years without TV. Did I miss anything?Junior is 40 inches tall an > read more

Jay Moynahan Soiled Doves Prostitutes Infinity on Trial Museums and One Man's Obsession

Published on 2011-03-30 20:14:00

Bob Dylan once sang/wrote "Inside the museum, infinity goes up on trial" which is a good line. I have always thought it is collectors who do the work...and decades later the museums catch up. Case in point is folk art collector Herbert Hemphill, a > read more

Sucking up the Check

Published on 2011-03-30 10:06:00

I am pleased to add a new phrase to the teen vernacular..."SUCKING UP THE CHECK" inspired by this splendid illustration from JIVE magazine in 1962. No artist identified. > read more

Dull Tool Dim Bulb Celebrates ONE MILLION HITS with a NEW BOOK old time religion!

Published on 2011-03-28 11:22:00

The network of blogs under the DULL TOOL DIM BULB umbrella will reach ONE MILLION PAGE VIEWS this week! To celebrate, A NEW BOOK is now available for Ordering!OLD TIME RELIGION: Faith Healers, Miracle Men, Radio Preachers and Evangelists. Graphics > read more

TIME FOR NEW SHOES! The Circle of Footwear for Women

Published on 2011-03-27 15:38:00

The Circle of Shoes Circa 1950 Hand-drawn and pasted copy for Department Store Newspaper Ad Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Top Secret Hush Hush Expose Lowdown! Inside Story of the Vice Squad

Published on 2011-03-26 09:54:00

Would Cuba's Number two boy rather be a girl? Well, Raul does seem to be eying Jayne's sweater puppies with considerable envy...I'd say yes. Let's report it. Now you have to realize these came out long before Rupert and Fox News set rigorous stand > read more

Football Flummoxed, Fouled by Financial Fumbles, Fans Forgotten! No Glee in Paradise

Published on 2011-03-25 08:07:00

So I don't really care if they can't come to an agreement over the 9 billion dollars, I only watch one game a year and they've run out of bands for halftime. Seriously. Who is going to rock the Superbowl now? Lady Gaga? Not really the football ty > read more

Sunny Jim Letterhead and his Slogans

Published on 2011-03-23 18:55:00

(Click to Enrapture)Sunny Jim the Evangelist had more slogans than Burger King. The problem was, no one knew what the hell they meant. They all sound like T-Rex song titles. The content of the letter has Reverend Jim "calling in the big guys"...th > read more

The Art of the Pot Holder A Traveling Exhibition

Published on 2011-03-22 19:23:00

The Art of the Pot Holder is supported by a grant from the Makers of Rayon and generous funding from the Skillet Foundation.Tweet > read more

Folk Art Masterpiece Pieces of RICE Folk Art Masterpiece

Published on 2011-03-21 15:22:00

Folk Art Masterpiece. Four feet long and entirely made of hand-dyed rice kernels, each single piece placed by hand. I thought it was a pretty good (and pretty large) hooked rug until I got about fifteen feet away. 100% rice, whole-grain....and eac > read more

Nightclub Photography Club DeLisa Hard-boiled Nostalgia Evidence Blackmail and Dames with a Camera

Published on 2011-03-19 17:31:00

Club DeLisa in Chicago's Bronzeville was THE place for African-American floor shows and Jazz during the 1950s. It was run by four brothers and presented the finest in African-American entertainment (all the while allowing gambling in the basement.) > read more

Travels with Charlie (McCarthy) Blockhead, Personality, Smartass, Dummy

Published on 2011-03-17 21:23:00

A young boy or girl practices not moving his or her lips. Charlie McCarthy was once the world's most famous blockhead, sidekick and as unlikely as it seems (since the whole point is to SEE the ventriloquist) radio personality. He was owned by Candi > read more

Forget Art, Let's SWING! Sunglasses BEFORE Dark.

Published on 2011-03-17 10:28:00

A randy rogues roundup of Ray Ban wearing rounders! In the old days, you didn't have to worry about your picture turning up on the web inadvertently and ruining your job chances (until I came along, that is.) The one without shades would now be 108 > read more

Walking Anachronism of Wood Folk Art Wooden Toys Jigsaw and Pine

Published on 2011-03-16 10:12:00

An early "walking toy" which did just that when a youngster would hold the iron handle and tromp him around the parlor. I don't have to say wood toys are extinct...Benjamin Braddock was warned back in 1967 before he notched his college stick with Mr > read more

La Lettre Review International Center of Photography Take Me to the Water

Published on 2011-03-16 09:09:00

A nice review in La Lettre HERE of the Take Me to the Water exhibit at the International Center of Photography which runs through the first week of May 2011. The book and CD is available from Amazon, the publisher Dust-to-Digital and at the ICP Bo > read more

Goofy Term Warfare and the Plywood Jesus Garden Outsider Art

Published on 2011-03-15 18:57:00

Having pretty much given up the "term warfare" which surrounded "outsider art, vernacular art, self-taught art, eccentric art, art brut, amateur art, sunday painter art, institutionalized art, marginalized art, naive art" and the like in favor of my > read more

Amateur Impalement Art Knife Throwing and a Tarpaper House

Published on 2011-03-15 09:14:00

There isn't a trick to knife throwing...you just practice. A LOT. On very rare occasions there may be a magician who uses knives coming from behind the board, and there is a trick to the blindfold finale...but for the most part, all that is involve > read more

The Good Ship New York Folk Art Boat Model Tramp Art Paint

Published on 2011-03-13 19:42:00

Why is so little tramp art painted? I am not sure...the familiar notch-carved cigar box chip constructions would always look better with a little color. That dark, varnished brown hardly livens up a room any...and because of it I have always felt > read more

Okay, now Turn Around

Published on 2011-03-12 16:58:00

Three original photographs in sleeves, circa 1900 Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Canada Carte de Visite Stephen Allen Spencer Finds Gold Taking Pictures

Published on 2011-03-10 09:41:00

It occurs to me I have never posted a carte de visite photograph, so here is a bunch! CDV photos were an albumen print on small cards, about the size of a small tintype (2.5" x 3.5")They became the predominant form of photography following the "hard > read more

Peter the Hermit of Hollywood Mystery Man of the Mountains Lookout Road

Published on 2011-03-09 10:26:00

I searched "Peter the Hermit" to find the story of this fellow, lo and behold, he's become something of an internet sensation! Full of lengthy posts, Hollywood legend, considerable remembrances and the "I am sure more photos will appear" comment. W > read more

Guest Blog for Collector's Weekly Jim Linderman

Published on 2011-03-08 16:35:00

Playing with Fire: A Boy's Matchbox Collection by Jim Linderman HERE on Collector's Weekly > read more

Pair of ORIGINAL 19th Century Painted Photographer Studio Backdrops (For Sale)

Published on 2011-03-06 19:57:00

I put together a book on Painted Backdrops and their use in the transitional period from painting to photography last year, it is a modest attempt at describing the relationship between the two art forms at the turn of the century. Having collected > read more

Bike Tricks in the Dark Bicycle At the Circus in Black and White #25

Published on 2011-03-05 08:31:00

#25 in the Dull Tool Dim Bulb Series "At the Circus in Black and White" isn't really at the circus, but certainly this pair of balancing artists did their share of work at them. Floating!Set of Four Snapshots circa 1930 Collection Jim LindermanDul > read more

Untitled (Balance) Vernacular Snapshot Photograph

Published on 2011-03-03 21:08:00

Untitled Anonymous Snapshot circa 1935? Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Madam Fortune takes on the case of the Missing Money

Published on 2011-03-02 19:45:00

Madam Fortune knows ALLThat will be twenty dollars please. > read more

How to Find the Museum of Woodcarving and Let Others Know if it was Worth the Trip

Published on 2011-03-01 09:28:00

Joe Barta picks a nice, sunny day to chisel his spear and shield carrying African warrior boy, who will soon be placed in the "Suffer the Children" exhibit inside his curious shaped museum building in Shell Lake, Wisconsin. I am going to guess the e > read more

A Tribute to Betty Fox The Most Amazing Performer in History and the Plaintive Comment Board

Published on 2011-02-27 06:41:00

(DO CLICK TO ENLARGE!)Browsing around to find some background about this photograph, I came across a plaintive and heart-wrenching comment on "Behind the Curtain" the wonderful photographic blog of the State Journal Register, the oldest Newspaper in > read more

Swizzle Stick Fo Shizzle ma Nizzle Swizzle! Deadly Plastic Pokers

Published on 2011-02-25 13:22:00

A fine collection of Swizzle Sticks. Now they look harmless, but are FAR from it, as you can see from the abstracted medical journal expose following. Booze and a Broken Stem equals Blindness and a punctured bowel or something. Here is the LINK to > read more

Found Poetry from the Mom and Pop Culture Shop

Published on 2011-02-24 21:04:00

The Mom and Pop Culture Shop is top of the heap. Not only are the vintage clothes in colors trippy (and for sale!) They post astounding letters like the one above from a prisoner to a model. Now THIS is good writing! They call it "found poetry" bu > read more

World's Largest Camera Redux! One Monster Lens and Big Bellows

Published on 2011-02-23 11:41:00

A 1923 Newspaper Morgue Photograph of Linsenmeyer's big one...a three and one half ton camera. Hold on to your hat when the bellows moves!See my previous post HERE for some other giant photographic constructions.Original Press service photograph 192 > read more

New Series on Vintage Sleaze the Blog CONTEMPORARY VINTAGE SLEAZE Comic Artists and Cartoonists

Published on 2011-02-21 22:14:00

Are contemporary artists and cartoonists influenced by vintage sleaze? Of course they are! Contemporary artists and cartoonists are influenced by everything! And as long as one person is attracted to (or repelled by) another, there will be situations > read more

AVOID QUACK NOSTRUMS Book Review from the Past

Published on 2011-02-20 10:43:00

A Book Review from the Past and a Web site review from the Present! One of the most amazing books (make that a series of books) ever is the astounding Household Physician published originally in 1905 with copyright in England by F. S. Woodruff, th > read more

Dull Tool Dim Bulb Arboretum West Michigan Dune Environment

Published on 2011-02-18 13:27:00

Sandy, quick draining soil, Lakeshore winds, Dune environment Collection of pressed native plant and tree species 1992 Collection Jim LindermanTweet > read more

Two Million Dollars of Folk Art Cigar Store Indians Trade Store Figures Real Photo Postcard (And a Favorite Photograph)

Published on 2011-02-15 18:15:00

The June 8, 2010 auction at Heritage Auction Galleries which set a record for a Cigar Store Indian (over $200,000 for the splendid figure here) may mean what you are seeing above is a few million dollars worth of wood. A Real Photo Postcard, circa > read more

Fashion Week ALREADY? What to WEAR? An Easy Solution

Published on 2011-02-14 19:32:00

Yes, once again the seen make the scene..it's fashion week! My helicopter is waiting... Fashion for me consists pretty much of a few episodes of Heidi's show and a glance through the New York Times Magazine Section a few times a year.But I like pam > read more

Pauline's First Valentine

Published on 2011-02-13 23:09:00

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Roll and Tumble with Wittich Book Review from the Past

Published on 2011-02-13 13:06:00

Exercise on the Apparatus Tumbling and Stunts by W. J. Wittich Book Review from the Past by Jim LindermanW. J. Wittich and H. C. Reuter created an amazing book in 1925, which to my reckoning will go out of copyright in two years, so I thought I woul > read more

Photo Autograph Teeny Tiny Tintype Calling Cards

Published on 2011-02-11 16:31:00

With tintype photographs no larger than a penny held in place with stickers from the Sunbeam Gallery in Rochester, NY. A gentility of the past. Pair of Photo Autograph calling cards, Circa 1880 Collection Jim LindermanTweet > read more

Lonely Uncle Sam Build an Uncle Sam Mailbox and Help Canada!

Published on 2011-02-09 16:46:00

Sam stands silent. Uncle Sam Mailboxes took off around the time of the Spanish- American War, but this fellow likely stood through World War One. Dated 1924 on the reverse. I wanted to do my part for both country and the economy by linking to a s > read more

Vintage Graphics from the Golden Age of Obscenity Dull Tool Dim Bulb Books Brings Smut Art BACK from the Back Pages!

Published on 2011-02-08 09:12:00

Using an archive of original and rare mail-order brochures from the 1950s and 1960s collected by Victor Minx, SMUT BY MAIL: VINTAGE GRAPHICS FROM THE GOLDEN DAYS OF OBSCENITY illustrates some 150 examples of art, graphics and design used to promote > read more

New York City Trashvertising Drop Cards Sidewalk Spam Fake Dollar Bills and Vanessa Del Rio

Published on 2011-02-07 09:55:00

There is nothing funnier than a fake wallet on a string. You know...old wallet, five bucks sticking out...busy sidewalk. Two kids on the end of the string behind the fence giggling as they wait for a portly gentleman to bend down for it. Construct > read more

"Clear Out, Art Boy...We're puttin' in a Darkroom"

Published on 2011-02-06 11:47:00

Everyone loves the covers to original true crime magazines. I even love the insides. This little photo essay on the good life in small town America comes on the cusp...the precise moment when the painted covers by all manner of pulp artists skilled w > read more

Sand Sculptures of Atlantic City Seaside Sand Sculpture without Snookie or the Situation

Published on 2011-02-05 09:36:00

Working with sand! Sand Sculpture where I live is done with your toes and with every step, but the REAL art flourished in Atlantic City in the late 19th century. Talented artists began creating temporary statues and, as shown here, relief sculpture > read more

Vintage Art of the Tattoo Gag The Lost Art of the Tattoo Cartoon

Published on 2011-02-04 12:36:00

(Like a third of the country, I am dealing with frozen formerly cumulus cloud...so here is a post from my other blog from a year ago, "The Lost Art of the Tattoo Gag") You don't see too many tattoo gags anymore. At one time, the staple of the stap > read more

Yarn Bomb Bikini for the Dishes (!) A Poem and a Homemade Dish Wash Product for the Home

Published on 2011-02-03 16:50:00

You can probably start looking for these on Esty (or Yarn Bombed all over town, that being the latest hipster doofus graffiti art form...now that I think of it, a nice bikini around the corner telephone pole would be nice. If any followers find (or > read more

Loretta Lynn writes a Postcard Original Source Document from a Honky Tonk Girl

Published on 2011-02-02 20:11:00

An unusual original source document in the form of a postcard. Loretta Lynn recorded her first Gospel album "Hymns" in 1965 (shortly before writing this note to fans Don and Doris.) Country performers are famously good to their fans, and hand-signe > read more

Airplane over Acoma The Pueblo Inhabited Since 1100

Published on 2011-02-01 20:51:00

Photographs taken out of an airplane window always let you down, and this is no exception, but the person who took it was happy...who wouldn't be excited flying so low over what is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the country?Since > read more

Antler House Frank Jay Haynes of Yellowstone Dull Tool Dim Bulb Unsung Hero of Photography

Published on 2011-01-30 08:29:00

Unsung Heroes of Photography runs on Dull Tool Dim Bulb and on Vintage Sleaze on occasion. See others in the series HERE Frank J. Haynes was a master photographer, but then he had a good gig for a man with a camera...official photographer of Yellows > read more

Vinyl LP Records Which Weren't There! Silent Records from In-Fidelity Joke Gag Disc Record

Published on 2011-01-29 08:31:00

No one reads those digital "jokes" or "greeting cards" sent by email. At least I don't...if you want to thank someone, write them a letter and put a stamp on it.I suspect Hallmark Card Stores will be closing around the same time as Barnes and Noble. > read more

Painting While Hypnotized and Painting under Hypnosis

Published on 2011-01-27 21:31:00

I can find virtually no artists who specialize or specialized in painting under the influence of hypnosis. I wonder why? Every manner of altered state, disability or Psychotropic drug known has been used to influence artists...as has the old stand > read more

Punchboard Scam Easy Money (Keyhole of PROFIT) Girlie Glasses

Published on 2011-01-27 11:52:00

Twice the fun in every drink you pour! Why? The amazing Key Club (a division of Bear Sales) has figured out a way to serve your guests a fully dressed show girl on the outside, but when they peer through the "keyhole" glass, they see her "hidde > read more

Dad Drops a Quarter The Sideshow Bottle Stand Trick 1966

Published on 2011-01-25 23:02:00

Dad may be good at "knockin' them back" but he isn't going to stand this one up. Can it be done? Yes, and you will often see signs at the booth reading "one win per person per season" to keep that BMX mini-bike hanging on the wall in back. But will > read more

Crime Scene Drop Zone Tossed in Haste and a True Crime Pulp Staple

Published on 2011-01-25 06:07:00

Hard-boiled visual aids here, a collaboration between photographer, graphic artist and perp. Give me twelve straights, an easel, and we've got this one sewed up. > read more

Let Them Eat... Ace of Cakes, Wedding Cake Wars, Amazing Wedding Cakes, Cake Boss, Ultimate Cake Off

Published on 2011-01-23 20:57:00

Nothing to add here except a list of the current "How to make a Cake" shows on cable so I will receive hits from anyone who looks up their names. READY?Ace of Cakes, Wedding Cake Wars, Amazing Wedding Cakes, Cake Boss, and Ultimate Cake Off. Now wh > read more

Jim Linderman THANKS the International Center of Photography For Take Me to the Water Baptism Photograph Exhibit

Published on 2011-01-22 22:15:00

Thank you to all who came to the opening of Take Me to the Water at the International Center of Photography in New York City this week! It was a pleasure to see so many old friends and to make so many new ones. The exhibit was curated with grea > read more

Flapper with Flag and Little, if Nothing Else

Published on 2011-01-22 06:08:00

A flapper in the flag struts her patriotic stuff 50 years before Abbie Hoffman was arrested for doing same.Anonymous snapshot, circa 1920 collection Jim Linderman > read more

Pictures Always Lie Press Photographs from the Past and a Piker Pushing a Peanut

Published on 2011-01-17 20:55:00

I'm a bit tied up, so the post today is a slight rehash, but never, I promise, have I posted a picture of a prone piker pushing a peanut across the country with his nose. Note how Nehi butted in with their sign carrying flivver. The point here is t > read more

Crazy Concrete Monumental Monolith of Ed Galloway Cement for Sooners

Published on 2011-01-16 17:55:00

Imagine my surprise when I learned this 90 foot cement tribute to an imaginary mish-mosh of Native American Tribes not only still stands, but it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places! (Not the more exclusive register of Historic LAND > read more

The Asbestos King who Married 13 Fire Hot Times!

Published on 2011-01-15 14:27:00

In 1858 the John Manufacturing Company was founded. Their main product was fire-resistant asbestos roofing material. (At the time, virtually nothing was worse than fire...entire towns could burn to the ground while waiting for the horses to get hoo > read more

MAN DOWN! Vernacular Snapshot of a School Football "Game"

Published on 2011-01-14 11:36:00

A striking snapshot I found the other day. Literally striking...as in he got struck. There has been much in the press of late about bullying and the psychological damage it does to kids. Here is another form of damage... "According to Gail L. Ro > read more

Patriotic Pins of Trite Sexual Innuendo "Pin me Down, Sailor"

Published on 2011-01-13 09:37:00

A coincidence all these somewhat risque and trite platitude pins are patriotic red white and blue? Nope...and I'll tell you why. During World War Two, not only was there a shortage of able bodied men at home, it was also virtually a woman's res > read more

Chat Roulette Sign Language (Speaking with your eyes) Eye Flirtation

Published on 2011-01-11 20:06:00

Now that we all have handheld devices to show our mugs, and chat roulette is bringing faces from the furthest corners of the world right to our palms, I present here the necessary techniques of Eye Flirtation.You can thank me with your fingers.From U > read more

Real Photo Postcard Tinted by Hand (Little Red Apples)

Published on 2011-01-10 21:14:00

Cyko Real Photo Postcard circa 1910 Collection Jim Linderman > read more

Ball Handling Basketball Broadcasters Black and White and a Bleak, Stark Reality

Published on 2011-01-09 12:43:00

Despite a million voiceovers and enough color commentary to delay the beginning of my favorite show the Simpsons, it always comes down to ball-handling. No more, no less...you can dribble down your chin for all I care, but you can't say anything els > read more

Jim Linderman Posts on Collectors Weekly and More

Published on 2011-01-09 12:33:00

Collector's Weekly is fast becoming the "go-to" site for the collectibles market. I love it, I contribute to it HERE (in the popular "show and tell" section) and I suggest you follow it as well. They have a Facebook Page and the direct site is HERE > read more

Ghosts of Ombromanie Shadow Art Shadowgraphy and Art which doesn't Exist! Get thee before a LIGHT!

Published on 2011-01-07 08:58:00

Are ghosts real? Yes, in two cases. One, when you see a dead celebrity walking around on television. Pick one from the past...let's say Humphrey Bogart. Long gone, but there he goes, in mysterious flickering grey tones, eerily bashing the nose of > read more

Travels of the Arkansas Traveler Song

Published on 2011-01-05 13:45:00

I guess when you are given lemonade, you make a state song. In 1930s through the 1950s popular media, anytime a goofy "Slackjaw" was depicted, the Arkansas Traveler would play in the background. It was the "go to" song for down home goobers. A rea > read more

Ephemeral Folk Art Figure Photo Fat Scarecrow Resting

Published on 2011-01-04 08:41:00

Ephemeral Folk Art well-stuffed Figure. Common use of the phrase "ephemeral folk art" derives from the remarkable photography book Ephemeral Folk Figures: Scarecrows, Harvest Figures and Snowmen by Avon Neal and Ann Parker. Published in 1969, the b > read more

The World's Most Wonderful Horses Frank Wendt and The Wondrous World of Wendt Carnival, Show and Sideshow Horse Photograph Cabinet Cards

Published on 2011-01-02 13:12:00

These pictures being taken during the the agrarian United States on the cusp of Industrial Society. The horse played a role in both, and it is no wonder it also played a role in the traveling circus.Horses with long tales can swat flies easier, but > read more

ICP Baptism RPPC Exhibit and More Take Me to the Water International Center of Photography

Published on 2011-01-01 20:28:00

Curator Erin Barnett has posted an announcement about the upcoming Take Me to the Water exhibition of Real Photo Post Cards (along with numerous photographs) at the International Center of Photography blog Fans in a Flashbulb, as follows:"In Janua > read more

Creepy Homemade Bird Feather Victorian Postcards Extinct Practice Extinct Birds and the Most Expensive Feather

Published on 2010-12-31 12:38:00

Gross handmade postcards from Borat land! Circa 1900 and circa disgusting! This year a single feather from the extinct Huia bird sold for nearly $7000.00 at an auction in Auckland. I don't think you can clone a bird from a feather, but maybe one d > read more

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