2017-06-16 18:15
Antique Folk Art Sculpture Man sliding into a Coffin. Depression era. Collection 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)
2017-06-15 15:07
How to Cook with Spirits Rotary Club Gaggle of Goblins1946 Books and Affordable Ebooks by the author of Dull Tool Dim Bulb HERE Read More
2017-06-09 16:12
First prize winner May Hauser poses with her folk art Buffalo Bill sculpture made from a coat hanger and 4,000 inches of twisted crepe paper. Original Press Photograph 1946 Collec… Read More
2017-06-03 17:09
1949 set of Japanese Baseball Cards Read More
2017-05-24 15:37
Sugar Ray Robinson was good. He entered professional boxing with an 85 - 0 record as an amateur. Nearly half of those 85 fights ended with a knockout in the first round. Credit w… Read More
2017-05-20 17:26
Erotic Folk Art Carving / Sculpture Nudes with Dog c. 1920. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-05-18 13:50
The Curio Gallery is Open for Business! Vernacular Photo of a Bizarre Gallery Read More
2017-05-16 17:52
Gus Putahl folk art carving display.Real Photo Postcards collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-05-13 16:28
Keychain Dummy Ventriloquist Head circa 1960? Eyes move back and forth, Jaw opens to yap. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-05-11 18:17
The star here is Babs Wingo. I am not sure if women wrestlers ever really took off, not being a fan of the sport today. Mostly grown men in superhero costumes playing to an audie… Read More
2017-05-11 17:01
Original Press Photograph, no date. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-05-10 16:02
American Folk Art Construction in a Hardware Storefront Window which celebrates the local football team winning a big game. Real Photo Postcard collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-05-08 12:55
Original Photo collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-05-07 19:42
Handmade Folk Art Road Construction Toys circa 1940. Includes fence, barrels, numerous road signs and warnings along with red flags. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-05-05 16:30
25th Century Hunting Watercolor by J. Gallagher c. 1950 Science Fiction original paintingCollection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-05-04 14:58
Big Chair, Small Guitar, Sideshow Performer Real Photo Postcard courtesy Curley's antiques Read More
2017-05-03 15:29
The Seven-Up Bottle House made of 1200 bottles. Undated Postcard collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-05-02 15:11
Three hand-colored and handmade postcards mailed in sequence in 1910. Newspaper comic panels of Happy Hooligan (or a Happy Hooliganish spin-off) affixed to a card, then personalized wi… Read More
2017-04-20 16:27
21" Tall Wood Cerving of a Nude Woman, likely unfinished. Circa 1950 Studio piece.Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-04-18 13:50
Original press photograph 1957 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-04-16 17:01
Man in a Hurry Antique American Folk Art Carving circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-04-15 15:30
Drawing of Easter Egg decorating. Margaret Halpin, New York, Circa 1950Collection Jim LindermanSee also the book Eccentric Folk Art Drawings of the 19th and 20th Centuries HERE Read More
2017-04-11 15:23
Imagine a guy hauling a double trailer-rig, jacked-up on speed with one hand on the wheel and one in his pants. The CONCEPT is as bad as the vision...but here comes "Spanky" with a big… Read More
2017-04-04 15:39
A Tasmanian Devil smoking. Errol Flynn was literally the "In like Flynn" guy and it is estimated he slept with 10,000 woman. He drank "like Flynn" too and by the age of 40 was an… Read More
2017-03-30 17:19
Miniature Drawing of an Undertaker's Invoice Calligraphy 1895 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-03-23 19:11
One of my favorite finds is Fotofun! There were two...one for regular snapshots and one which produced real photo postcards (of a sort) Both are pretty scarce. Those of you… Read More
2017-03-22 17:24
It's SURFA-TONE the Rubber Paint! In the "antique color" series here, I generally tell a bit of company history, but a brief search is all it took to learn there are too many variation… Read More
2017-03-18 16:47
Risky Risque Sequential Real Photo Postcards circa 1940 Read More
2017-03-15 16:59
Cracker Jack Spacey Spectacles. Said to date around 1957. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-03-14 15:38
Spring Longing. Mattress Swing Hammock South Carolina Circa 1992 Original Photograph by Jim Linderman Read More
2017-03-12 19:42
Machine age paper die cut stamp, both sides! Collection Jim LindermanCourtesy BOX LOT on Facebook Read More
2017-03-11 18:33
Toy Walkie Talkie set made of Cardboard and String c. 1950 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-03-08 13:48
I haven't quite figured out the date on this remarkable handmade sewing instruction book, but she received a 95. What was the teacher looking for? The cover alone is a 100. … Read More
2017-03-05 17:49
Various Press Photographs of HUGE Cameras 1924 to 1970. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-03-01 16:03
Likely created by a Gem duplicator which was sold out of St. Louis. A crappy little machine no larger than a hankie box. It was marketed as a way of "making your own postcards" i… Read More
2017-02-26 18:01
A trio of folk art game boards by the same hand. Odd to see three like this together now… but they collectively make up a "mid-century modern graphic" oddity for the wall… Read More
2017-02-25 18:11
Well, it's not really Atomic Energy which makes the little guys twirl, it's static. Still, static seems to be a powerful force! It's ripped the panties right from the paper-thin… Read More
2017-02-23 16:05
Billy Cox and a few of his locker buds from 1950. Source material for Billy, but the other two are, as yet (or as forever) anonymous. If I liked football, I might take the time t… Read More
2017-02-22 22:46
Vintage photographs of mystery and science. In SOUNDS FROM THE AIR one will find pictures of the invisible. The presence of audible waves as captured by anonymous photographers. Mysterio… Read More
2017-02-22 16:10
Vintage SHOE FASHION ILLUSTRATION SKETCHES BY LUCIEN E GUILBERT. Prolific Shoe Designer of the 1940's and 1950's. The designer worked out of St. Louis during the 1940s and 1950s. Mo… Read More
2017-02-21 14:53
Folk Art paper cutting colorful whatever! I don't know a name for the technique. Paper cutting for sure, as the top portion was folded and cut...then glued atop a second piece of… Read More
2017-02-21 00:32
Woman with Trombone Folk Art Carving highly reminiscent of the pieces carved by Earl Eyman. Just over 6 inches tall. No Date.Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-02-20 02:18
BY JIM LINDERMAN Can anyone make a blog post which isn't political these days? To think a day would come (again…) when showing the Mexican people are just like us is… Read More
2017-02-19 18:55
Antique Folk Art Fish Noisemaker Toy. A clicker-clacker! BOOKS AND EBOOKS BY THE AUTHOR HERE Read More
2017-02-18 17:16
Original vintage photograph collection Jim Linderman From the Dust to Digital Book The Birth of Rock and Roll Available from the publishers HERE Read More
2017-02-18 16:59
Vintage photographs of mystery, sound and science. In SOUNDS FROM THE AIR one will find pictures of the invisible. The presence of audible waves as captured by anonymous photographers. M… Read More
2017-02-17 16:09
Erotic Folk Art Nude Reclining Woman Relief Carved Sculpture11" x 21" Collection Jim Linderman Books and Ebooks by Jim Linderman & Dull Tool Dim Bulb available HERE Read More
2017-02-15 23:05
The NEW Book by Jim Linderman is SOUNDS FROM THE AIR! It explores the power of vintage photographs to show that which is not there! Visions of sound waves and the magic of radio… Read More
2017-02-13 20:27
Antique Handmade Folk Art Valentines Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-02-12 19:44
Facing the Sun Family Portrait circa 1940 Michigan Collection Jim Linderman Books and Ebooks available HERE Read More
2017-02-10 17:12
Drilling Down in a Vintage Photograph. Stories inside a Photo. Flynn's has The Evening Graphic, the Dispatch, the Tribune, The Observer, the World, the Telegram and the Sun… Read More
2017-02-07 17:39
Anonymous color photographs from the 1950s. Anonymous as of now...found on ebayCollection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-02-07 17:02
Elvis : The Last Tour The last photos and Why the King NEVER performed outside the US.The king is not looking too well here. A group of never published photographs found in Michigan. I… Read More
2017-02-06 16:03
Old Michigan Ice Fishing Decoy Folk Art Circa 1940? Likely Michigan origin. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-02-05 15:29
Large Antique Church Revival Banner Folk Art Teaching Tool 125 x 53. Yes, that is a doorknob lower left. Circa 1925, Midwest. I will research a bit and post on the sister b… Read More
2017-02-05 02:32
Outsider Art African American Yard Show Sculpture Alabama c. 1990 Photographs by Jim Linderman Television in the Driveway high atop a pole. See also the BOOK and EBOOK by Jim Linderman… Read More
2017-02-02 17:43
Prophecies of Daniel and revelation compared: Being an outline of chart lectures given by Frederick W. Childe 1927. Chart Insert Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-02-01 17:45
Navajo rug seller shows his wares to what I can only suspect is a tenderfoot. I have written the story of the "Drugstore Cowboy" before on his blog...I am going to guess Jasper here traveled… Read More
2017-01-31 18:30
Asa "Ace" Moore African-American outsider artist who created erotic and sexual works in ink and pencil during the 1930s. Certainly in private. Personal visions of his own, and produced durin… Read More
2017-01-30 17:53
Mosho Knows....Strange portrait of a boy 1955 Read More
2017-01-28 22:18
FLASH GORDON GROWS A BEARD and Drawing Outside the Line. Original period crayon embellishment to Flash Gordon coloring book 1968 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-01-27 16:00
A Miniature Clay Hat Celebrating the William McKinley Presidential inauguration in 1897. Stamped around is the inscription, appropriately, "Mckinley's Hat" and with the remnants of a r… Read More
2017-01-25 19:48
Maybe the Indianapolis, Indiana Photography Studio "National Studio" doesn't seem to appear on the "We Do History" website of the Indiana Historical Society because the photographer was inep… Read More
2017-01-24 18:15
Hypergraphia is a disorder in which a compulsive need to write text takes over a person. It appears this fellow has filled a cart with his writings, and is on his way to deliver them t… Read More
2017-01-21 22:31
Large Group of 19th Century Folk Art Drawings discovered underneath clippings in a scrapbook (!) Each original is 11" x 13" collection Jim LindermanSee ALSO the book Eccentric Folk Art… Read More
2017-01-21 19:29
Folk Art Nude Woman of Clay (or putty or chewing gum!) sealed with gold paint. Unfired and built on a wooden base by M. Ghertz. Circa 1940? Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-01-21 17:56
B E RIDDICK Bizarre African-American Outsider Art of the 1970s.Marker on Flattened Shopping Bags. Virginia Read More
2017-01-21 00:39
Outsider Art Fair 2017 Bonus Post Vernon, Alabama Early 1990's Photographs by Jim Linderman Free preview and purchas the book IN SITU: American Folk Art in Place by the author HER… Read More
2017-01-19 16:24
Woman with One Eye Oil Painting (detail) Collection Jim Linderman, with thanks to S. Higgins) Read More
Annual Outsider Art Fair Post 2017. Hawkins Bolden Garden Of African-American Outsider Art Sculpture
2017-01-17 15:35
Mr. Bolden's make-do scarecrows have attracted attention from collectors (and some scholars) for many years now…but you don't really need a scarecrow unless you have a garden. If you… Read More
2017-01-16 15:10
Two Tintype photographs with Backdrops circa 1870 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-01-15 17:14
"Most of Gatto's paintings—scenes of everyday life in New York, exotic cultures, historical events, and tropical episodes —are packed with endless detail built up with many lay… Read More
2017-01-15 01:15
Vintage Folk Art Rubber Band Gun Kids. Tough ones! I date this original photograph to the 1950s, and wish the weapon were adequate today. A plank of wood, a clothespi… Read More
2017-01-13 17:11
Who is Driving at Rockin' Chair Park? Real Photo Post Card no date Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-01-12 01:03
Continues BelowWhile this early, drawn by hand "comic" strip (or graphic novel if you like) is nearly 100 years old, the young woman who drew it had little to base her format on. … Read More
2017-01-10 18:54
It is pretty hard to impart motion (and gooeyness) to a metal object, but this vintage die-cut mold certainly does. I handled many frogs in my younger, wet feet days, and I can a… Read More
2017-01-09 17:05
Thanks and a tip "o" the homeless hat to NATALIE CURLEY ANTIQUES Read More
2017-01-08 19:28
Well, here is a fad we can be glad is over. Unfortunately, it also seems a good share of the folks who used to babble to each other on citizen's band radio have learned how to use Face… Read More
2017-01-03 19:42
Man on ICE Stunt (coming out live on the radio!) Real Photo Post Card of a Stunt man Freezing Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-01-02 22:01
Original Vintage Photographs Reverend John D. Ruth Bible Garden Georgia Folk Art by Jim Linderman 1995 © Dull Tool Dim BulbSee also IN SITU: FOLK ART IN PLACE by Jim Linderman Free Pre… Read More
2016-12-31 17:01
Antique Erotic Folk Art Sculpture Carving Nude Woman circa 1930? Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2016-12-29 17:09
Antique Folk Art Drawing African-American Man, Georgia. Dated 1888 Drawn on an envelope. Collection Jim LindermanSee also the book from Blurb ECCENTRIC FOLK ART DRAWINGS by Jim Linderm… Read More
2016-12-27 15:16
Girl with Dog and Stick 19th Century Antique American Folk Art Drawing WatercolorCollection Jim LindermanSEE ALSO the Book and Ebook available now ECCENTRIC FOLK ART DRAWINGS: Obscure… Read More
2016-12-25 16:24
Christmas Abundance Vintage Scrapbook of Die-Cut Stickers Circa 1935 - 1950 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2016-12-23 19:26
Miniature clay boot created circa 1900 by the American Marble and Toy Company in Akron, Ohio. Little more than one inch tall, and produced by the thousands. My understanding has always… Read More
2016-12-20 17:30
See also the Book (and ebook) In Situ: American Folk Art in Place available now.Ice and Snow Sculpture from Maine 1939 Vernacular Photographs. From the Facebook site BOX LOT Read More
2016-12-17 18:39
Merry Christmas drawing samples from the hand of Emily Lunde. Like Grandma Moses, I suppose, Emily Lunde was "self-taught" "naive" and a "primitive" but as far as marketing was concern… Read More
2016-12-15 16:53
19th Century Folk Art Drawing "Good Night" Anonymous. 11" x 14" Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2016-12-14 17:49
Bill Alexander went on to be an illustrator for Eerie magazine, but I have a penchant for his early work illustrating record labels for Jazz and Blues great Roy Milton in the late 1940s and… Read More
2016-12-12 18:47
Antique Folk Art Drawing "Man with a Beard and Hat" Georgia" Dated on reverse 1888 Drawn on an envelope.Collection Jim LindermanSee also the book from Blurb ECCENTRIC FOLK ART DRAWINGS… Read More
2016-12-11 14:57
42nd Street looking West original snapshot 1949 from the book TIMES SQUARE SMUTCollection Jim LindermanFREE PREVIEW and orders (ebook $8.99) at LINK Read More
2016-12-09 17:36
How to Draw Curves with a Straight Line? I guess use this large (18" tall) Triangle drafting tool. Etched and Inked by hand! Our draftsman had something on his mind other t… Read More
2016-12-09 02:59
Hand-Painted Turn of the Century Scrapbook with Canine Cut-Ups. No Date, circa 1920, I believe collected and collaged by a young girl. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2016-12-05 15:55
Antique Folk Art Mermaid Carving Sculpture. Sailor Made Maritime Folk Art. Late 19th, Early 20th century. Driftwood. Collection Jim Linderman BOOKS AND EBO… Read More
2016-12-04 18:13
Concrete African-American Man Flower Pot Decoration, made in a mold and painted by hand. No date. Read More
2016-11-29 18:36
Fat Man Walking (Literally, THE Fat Man Walking) Circus Snapshot 1958 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2016-11-29 14:40
Justin McCarthy American Painter Nude Painting (detail) circa 1965 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2016-11-25 15:19
Man with Glasses and Top Hat Antique American Folk Art Carving Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2016-11-20 15:24
Giving Thanks Folk Art Schoolgirl Drawing 1876Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2016-11-19 14:57
Adonis 1936 Original drawing by Wm. Fitzgerald Read More
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