2019-12-13 16:10
The Church of God Jesus and the Holy Ghost by W.C.Rice, Alabama. Original photograph Jim Linderman Read More
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Jim Linderman blog about surface, wear, form and authenticity in art, antiques and photography. Dull tool and dim bulb were the only swear words my father ever used. Items from the Jim Linderman collection of vernacular photography, folk art, ephemera and curiosities. (Note: if anyone believes an image contained violates their rights or insults their intelligence, simply point it out and I will remove)
2019-12-10 17:47
Large Folk Art Whirligig original snapshot c. 1950? Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-12-09 17:28
Collectors Joe and Lee Dumas discovered 156 carvings by Mr. Alten hidden in a backyard shack 30 years after his death. There were 14 hand built cages holding the menagerie in darkness… Read More
2019-12-08 19:35
Celebrity painters seldom amount to much.Red Skelton, Ronnie Wood, Sly Stallone, Miles Davis...even Tony Bennett. All great, but snubbed by the insular real art world. They painted when they… Read More
2019-12-05 17:09
A nice group photograph of what appears to be a good portion of the town shucking the corn crop. Note remnants of outer leaves on the ground. I'm not sure how much work they got out of… Read More
2019-11-30 17:24
Pair of Vietnam-era amateur photographs. Love During Wartime is a continuing series on Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-11-27 03:02
A Vagabond Rat Hand Drawn postcard from a traveler. Ohio dated 1906 (detail)collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-11-24 16:37
old time religion Jesus Saves from FIRE. Original photograph Jim Linderman. Circa 1995 Read More
2019-11-23 18:21
A few of the hundreds of drawings produced by a West coast "shut in" during the period from 1950 to 1960. An earlier post on the artist appears HERE Read More
2019-11-11 17:50
Looks like Robby the Robot is going to get lucky! Cribbed from the blog Good Stuff is the frightening modern world coming when men will be replaced with robots. I'm not surprised to fi… Read More
2019-11-07 16:24
Son Ford Thomas Bluesman, Sculptor, Gravedigger and his son James Leland, Mississippi c. 1992 Original photograph Jim Linderman Read More
2019-11-04 17:49
Handmade Folk Art Tillie, the famed character who represented the Ashbury Park, NJ arcade for a century. Named after George Tilyou, the owner of Steeplechase Park in Coney Island&helli&hell…Read More
2019-10-30 18:52
Lincoln Statue by H. Landsverk. Does anyone know what happened to Big Abe? Read More
2019-10-27 17:31
Some slick format photographs for promoting an appearance of the Hollywood Stunt Stars, each 10" x 13". I haven't found any references to the production, so date is a guess. Flirting w… Read More
2019-10-23 15:51
The First Elvis Impersonator Elvira Presley!Complete with guitar-shaped pasties, Elvira Presley hits the stage in 1957 in the not-so legendary strip dump "The Near and Far Club" operated b… Read More
2019-10-13 23:32
Artist Homer Tate made the thing. Even though "The Thing" was supposed to be a mystery and a secret, it is likely the most famous thing Homer Tate ever made. Homer made sideshow gaffes… Read More
2019-10-11 18:20
A surprising group of drawings by an anonymous west coast shut-in at this point known only as Ms. Daisy. Each is 9" x 12" and there are hundreds. Each drawing has the date created on t… Read More
2019-10-10 17:26
In 1956 Artnews referred to Regine Gilbert as "a sophisticated experimental primitive" and that "Her eye has combined Henri-Edmond Cross and van Gogh." Ten years later, the… Read More
2019-10-06 16:50
A few physical reminders of fan's love for the Grateful Dead. On the Internet Archive, there are some 600 examples of decorated envelopes sent to the office for tickets. Worth a… Read More
2019-10-05 15:37
O. O. Bernstein's traveling exhibition! Real Photo Postcard circa 1920. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-10-03 17:06
Big Head from Clyde Beatty Circus 1962 original snapshot dated on reverse. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-09-16 19:06
Risque Space Panties Gift Certificate c. 1960 Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2019-09-05 18:23
A young fella keeps track of his favorite team with a handmade record book. Appears to have been the rainy season.Miniature Made by Hand booklet inscribed. Collection… Read More
2019-08-25 17:25
Sketch of the school hierarchy by George Foster circa 1925 collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb courtesy Natalie Curley Read More
2019-08-23 18:06
A Vintage Folk Art Handmade Fabric Activity Book c. 1960. Each cloth page provides learning tools for a young child. Button which button, a working zipper (with "cowboys and indi… Read More
2019-08-17 16:19
Circa 1930 Foam Rubber Doll with considerable age. Stand appears to be original, the wire has created a "tan line" on the woman's back. I believe this is a latex foam figure.&nbs&hell…Read More
2019-08-10 17:38
"Tear off a piece" ration card 1943. Collection Dull Tool Dim BulbLove During Wartime appears in periodic posts on the blog Read More
2019-08-04 17:41
Tall, Short, Cool, Original snapshot c. 1950 Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2019-07-30 23:22
Vernacular Travel Photo (Museum of Natural History, NYC March, 1971)Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2019-07-21 17:20
The Human Living Whirligig of Norwich, CT is presented by the Smith Wood Working Co. in 1957. I checked...the float didn't win first prize.Original Snapshot collection Dull Tool Dim Bu… Read More
2019-07-13 00:55
An antique miniature carnival spinning wheel / gambling toy only 9 inches tall. Primitive and handmade construction, but interestingly the wheel is covered with paper printed numbers… Read More
2019-07-11 15:32
Folk Art Mickey and Minnie Mouse Handmade Cartoon Characters circa 1950. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog. Books and Ebooks by the author available HERE Read More
2019-07-05 18:42
Two miles from where George Washington crossed the Delaware, on a tiny island where he had been living some thirty years, electric wizard Jim Willis rigged his modest bungalow with 100 dry c… Read More
2019-06-20 17:47
Can we work outside today? Looks like the college newspaper staff is taking the show on the road.Original photograph Dull Tool Dim Bulb. Thanks to Boxlot on Facebook Read More
2019-06-18 02:27
Two aspiring illustrators apply their craft outdoors. Enjoy the Summer!Original Real Photo Postcard inscribed on the reverse with date 1912 andOriginal Snapshot inscribed on reverse wi… Read More
2019-06-17 14:20
LINK to Dull Tool Dim Bulb posted images from the last ten years on MOSAIA: http://www.mosaia.com/feeds/46551934645b8111baf20d0228b011f471b7e711 See entire images at the MOSAIA LINK Read More
2019-06-06 14:50
Antique Wooden Folk Art Toy with Original Paint. A sliding motion toy depicting cartoon figures from the early 20th century. 12" long. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-06-04 16:09
The Unknown Superhero. Anonymous watercolor on paper circa 1950 collection Jim Linderman. Browse and order books by the author available HERE Read More
2019-06-01 16:37
I used to see Sterling Magee play on 125th Street in Harlem. No, not the Apollo...the STREET. Mr. Magee was also known as Satan from "Satan and Adam" a salt and pepper blues duo. … Read More
2019-05-31 15:24
Barefoot Charlie Haas had big feet and big pine trees growing up inside his Barefoot Charlie's Nite Club. There is a photo of him watering his inside trees with a watering can. He also had a… Read More
2019-05-28 19:01
Outsider Art Folk Art Sculpture The Catskills Prepare for War! Said to be from New York State. Circa 1930 - 1950? Original Snapshot Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-05-24 16:01
The High Steppers of 52! The unknown sideshow photographer kept good notes too. Seldom does a photograph caption squeeze in so much information. However, the real story isn… Read More
2019-05-19 17:36
Vintage Figural Croquet Wicket Folk Art. 22" tall. Victory Products, Muskegon Michigan. No Date (circa 1935 - 1940?) Original paint. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-05-17 17:22
Ted Terry started out as someone else. He was born Dallas Edgman but GIVEN to a family in Canada! I had no idea one could give away their children back then. Dallas became… Read More
2019-05-14 17:17
There was a real Jumbo (original name, Mumbo Jumbo) who passed away in 1885. Later, Jumbo became Dumbo, a slur created by Disney. Elephants aren't dumb. This Jumbo represen… Read More
2019-05-14 16:59
Pacific Theater Duffel Bag with painted by hand with Pinup. Circa 1945.Collection Jim Linderman From the continuing series Love During Wartime on Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2019-05-11 15:44
It looks like the young Gregg boy is practicing his calligraphy on the job...and he swoons for Sarah.19th Century Trade Card with calligraphy and animal drawings.Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-05-06 21:41
Shaking Hands Memory Help Sewing Card, unfinished. Printed "child's work" template. Cook Publishing 1909. Elgin, Illinois. Collection Jim Linderman. Read More
2019-05-03 15:50
"Vicki" takes an air break. Original snapshot, no date, circa 1960. Thanks to BOX LOT on Facebook Read More
2019-04-29 17:43
Robert Howell Yard Show Outsider Artist Virginia c. 1993 photographs by Jim Linderman Read More
2019-04-26 16:29
Folk Art guard named "Sourdough" watches over the shop. Real Photo Postcard c. 1920 Seattle Scenic Photo Publishing Co.Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-04-23 17:28
Joe Light was an African-American man from Tennessee, but he called himself an American Jew. He spoke his views to the neighborhood by messages posted on his house and shop. Late… Read More
2019-04-22 17:37
Did you know restaurant menus NEVER use blue ink? It is because blue has been shown to decrease the appetite. Think about it. From the Waffle House all the way to the Four Season… Read More
2019-04-20 18:49
Excerpt and Film HERE By Cassie PackardPhotographs by Oresti Tsonopoulos Ursula Magazine from Hauser and Wirth Read More
2019-04-19 15:42
Pair of Birds Feeding Folk Art Schoolgirl Art by Audrey Kouba c. 1940 collection Jim LindermanBooks and affordable Ebooks by the author available from Blurb HERE Read More
2019-04-16 18:37
Any artist admired by John Waters is at the very least interesting, he being an informed, if unconventional collector. This HAS to be especially true if the painter happens to be a for… Read More
2019-04-16 15:08
The Horrible Gag Cartoons of Anonymous. Circa 1960. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-04-15 13:25
Free Thinking Christian Mission Headquarters of Chess McCartney the Goatman. Your call...Original Postcard dated on reverse 1957. Jefferson County, Georgia. Collection… Read More
2019-04-12 17:03
It's GINGY and his friends. Thanks and a tip of a Gingy hat to Shannon Regan Read More
2019-04-10 14:01
19th Century Folk Art Portrait Drawing of Dr. H. S. Harper. Circa 1850. Collection Jim LindermanSee also the book (and affordable ebook) Eccentric Folk Art Drawings of the 19th an… Read More
2019-04-08 16:40
Trapunto is the technique of padding sections of a textile to create a puffy, stuffed decorative feature. These "morning ritual" padded butts qualify! Matching hand towels. … Read More
2019-04-07 16:19
Max Romain Outsider Artist Photographs by Jim Linderman New York 1992 Read More
2019-04-03 16:43
Home Visit from a Burlesque Queen and her trunk of changes. Group of original photographs, circa 1950. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-04-02 14:47
A giant devil rattlesnake acts up through the power of Satan (and electricity running through the conduit pipe) which brings him life! It's Augie Mack's giant automaton! Th… Read More
2019-04-01 16:26
April Fools Day Pair of Press Photographs 1937. Embellished by Hand.Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-03-31 14:22
Occupational Vintage Photo: Whiskey Still, Worker and Fiddle. Circa 1900. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-03-27 15:30
THIS is how to open a film. Above is an original still photograph from the stunning opening of the film Crime Without Passion being produced. Enjoy this clip...and ma… Read More
2019-03-22 00:54
Here, Dorothy Hudgens recreates the Morton Salt Girl (invented 1914) in her presumably school age manner. The piece comes from a folder dated 1926. Dorothy Hudgens lived with two artis… Read More
2019-03-17 17:41
Among outsider art enthusiasts, The phrase "real deal" comes up often. Those who have become familiar with the material know what it means. It could be a certain look to the work… Read More
2019-03-15 17:25
Love during wartime, Vietnam Edition. Identified as "house girls" on reverse. Anonymous photographs, circa 1970 Collection Jim Linderman One of a continuing series on Dull… Read More
2019-03-08 17:37
Trench Art with a twist, but not all trench art was made in a trench. Generally, the term refers to art sculpture made from expended artillery shell casings. Nothing to do but stay down, cri… Read More
2019-03-01 17:22
It's Niuglo's huge camera! Largely a mystery, the staff photographer of Pin up magazine VEA was an unrecognized master. In this cover photograph from 1954, he places a model next to a… Read More
2019-02-24 19:45
A hanging catch of the day! Hand carved old folk art fish on the line. Pine with applied eyes. Each 12" long. Circa 1940. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-02-22 18:26
James J. P. Scott African-American Folk Art Totems, Lafitte Louisiana c. 1992 Photographs by Jim Linderman Read More
2019-02-20 16:05
You might have heard the term "memory painter" as a slightly disparaging reference to artists who recreate pleasant rural scenes from the past in a folky manner. Grandma Moses comes to… Read More
2019-02-20 14:43
A real photo postcard from the turn of the century depicts three children with odd dresses. The woman in charge is "Mrs. Davis" and all three youngsters have different last names. &hell…Read More
2019-02-14 00:45
A pair of interesting drawings by African-American Quilter Sarah Mary Taylor of Yazoo City, Mississippi. Circa 1993. Known widely for her quilts, I suspect she may have done seve… Read More
2019-02-11 17:47
Bettie Page by Rudolph Rossi Original 8 x 10 photograph tinted by hand c. 1953Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2019-02-05 17:54
Antique Folk Art House Model of medical gauze and plaster. Constructed over medical supply boxes. 13" tall. Circa 1930 - 1940. Thanks to Box Lot Read More
2019-02-05 16:05
Young actors of the stage (or pulpit?) pose in pitch cards by photographer Frank Wendt Circa 1900, collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-02-02 16:57
Antique Dollhouse "Built by Uncle Joe" vernacular snapshot c. 1930 collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2019-01-30 16:34
Anonymous Outsider Art / Art Brut found on the streets of Manhattan circa 1985. Now lost. Each was 18 x 24. Order books and affordable E-books by Jim Linderman HERE Read More
2019-01-26 14:57
Photographs of Lonnie Holley and his workshop at what has come to be known as the Birmingham Alabama Airport environment. They date to 1992 or so. I believe at the time this was… Read More
2019-01-25 16:07
Boy Evangelist Charles E. Jaynes Jr. and his hand embellished Bible. Original Press Photograph and paint 1938. Photo by E. Stephen. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2019-01-16 16:36
A bizarre beatnik booklet from Beelzebub Books! 1959. Height of the non-existent beatnik revolution. An unexpurgated expose of the beat generation! (Which was largely a big-media… Read More
2019-01-13 19:47
A wirephoto press photograph showing Percy Coplon as he prepares for drastic measures to control his weight. Caption reads "Plans to fast atop 30 foot pole. Percy Coplon, all 357… Read More
2019-01-02 17:45
Representations of painters on paperbacks from the 1950s and 1960s. The most recognized artist in America was Norman Rockwell at the time. These ain't him Read More
2018-12-29 16:53
Antique Folk Art Cane Carver and Whimsy Maker Original Photograph c. 1880 Collection Jim Linderman (Gift from a friend.) Read More
2018-12-23 03:21
Cowboy Artist Las Vegas Kim aka J. Edgar Kimsey Postcards from the American West.Las Vegas Kim was a real cowboy artist active in the 1930s. J. Edgar Kimsey was also the postmaster of the sm… Read More
2018-12-19 17:03
"In the late nineteenth century, a genre of colored educational papers were marketed to teachers in school supply catalogues (Andrews 1878, Babb 1897-98). the J.L. Hammett Co. catalogue (18… Read More
2018-12-18 17:14
Joints like this which gave the state of California their unofficial motto "Land of Fruit and Nuts." Photographs of the Holy City of Father Riker circa 1941. The false utopia was estab… Read More
2018-12-16 01:26
Vintage Traveling Photographer on CB Radio RIsque Pinup Business Card! It appears Mr. Stoneburner fancied himself the "go-to" for emergency pinup needs, at least on his QSL card. I aim no ar… Read More
2018-12-15 16:30
Genuine Dog and Pony show! On reverse: Willie J. Bernard, Manager. Bernard's Freak Animal Fair Canaan, NH. No date, circa 1930? Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-12-13 16:30
7 Zephyrs Press was a primitive smut publisher working just over the border in Juarez and Tijuana, Mexico. By 1955, the modest business had published well over 200 individually numbere… Read More
2018-12-03 17:56
Memphis flash! African-American folk art environment Memphis, TN c. 1992 Photographs by Jim Linderman Read More
2018-11-30 18:35
Vernacular Architecture Noah's Ark in the Desert. Noah's Ark with label. No date. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-11-28 16:39
Craft Day at the local public school. Circa 1920? Pair of 8 x 10 original photographs collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-11-24 17:37
Shopping? I have one book nearly in the can and another soon. Until then, for Holiday book purchases of current Jim Linderman Books, click HERE for previews and ordering. Also av… Read More
2018-11-09 17:05
Logan Davis presents his 12,000 bottle cap folk art chair and wins the Hobby Contest! 1935 Read More
2018-11-07 16:09
Antique Folk Art Doll Wood Carving. Carved by hand with original paint, circa 1890-1920.Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
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