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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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)
2018-11-03 17:40
B. F. Perkins Brick Tower Words of God. Original photograph Jim Linderman 1992 Alabama Read More
2018-10-22 19:24
Anyone who has studied American Folk / Outsider art environments is familiar with Steven Dinsmoor and his Garden of Eden. This appears to be a less common period image. Apparently, Din… Read More
2018-10-19 15:26
Postcard of Driftwood Charlie and his stone carvings. No Date. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb. Photos of his work cribbed from Seymour Rosen and Spaces.Folk Art and Photogra… Read More
2018-10-15 15:45
I've done thirty or more "at the circus in black and white" posts here over the years, but this one is most curious. The snapshot appears to show a MINIATURE circus. Small period… Read More
2018-10-13 16:34
Antique American Folk Art Wood Carving Miniatures. 1" to 2" tall. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2018-10-09 15:52
World War Two Folk Art "Winged Angel" Trench Art drawn on a Pillowcase. Northeastern United States c. 1945. Framed behind plexiglass with screws. Collection Jim Linderman… Read More
2018-09-30 19:15
A Vintage Handmade Child's Miniature Cook Book Drawn by Hand. 4" x 6" with hand written recipes and some clipped from magazines of the time. Circa 1940 - 1945. Drawings and… Read More
2018-09-27 00:41
Vernacular photograph of an Anonymous Folk Art Carver. This photograph is not signed and has no identification of the maker. Looks to be fine work. I'm showing a detail, but there isn't much… Read More
2018-09-20 17:39
Scenes from a Texas Immersion Baptism. Each stamped on reverse 1927 San Antonio. Photographer Carl D. Newton. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-09-03 14:32
19th Century Folk Art watercolor of ripe grapes. Anonymous Collection Jim Linderman(See also the book Eccentric Folk Art Drawing of the 19th and 20th Centuries) Read More
2018-07-18 17:13
A pair of vernacular snapshots of a sand sculptor at work near the turn of 19th century. The location is likely Ashbury Park or Atlantic City. There were several skilled sand builders… Read More
2018-07-15 15:46
Georgia Folk Artist R. A. Miller paints a Snake.Original Photo Jim Linderman c. 1995 Read More
2018-07-09 17:42
Visiting a Folk Art Collection (mine) c. 1995 Read More
2018-06-09 15:20
Freckles the Vent. Composite materials over wood frame. Circa 1960. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb. Books and Affordable Ebooks by the author HERE Read More
2018-06-04 16:02
Time and Death. Pair of salvaged Fraternal Society Paintings from a Banner. Likely early 20th century. Oil Paint on Linen. Signed as M. K. Mengle. Collect… Read More
2018-05-31 15:07
Antique Folk Art Drawing 19th Century Naive Therorem Urn with Flowers. Pennsylvania origin. Pencil on Paper. Signed Job Wagner dated 1883. 6" x 7". Collection Dull Too… Read More
2018-05-27 18:57
A duck walking man. Original Snapshot no date (c. 1935?) Missouri Lee Jellum Photo Shop.Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2018-05-26 16:03
Postage stamp collage (detail) circa 1910. Hand-drawn ink features and early 20th Century postage stamps on postcard size card. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb. See also the… Read More
2018-05-24 17:37
Vintage Amateur Original Drawings for Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine submitted by a boy. Famous Monsters was started in 1958 and ran until 1983 with 191 issues. Later, a re… Read More
2018-05-19 16:58
Antique Folk Art Drawing of Jesus 19th century Pencil on paper dated 1882 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-05-16 16:26
Vintage Folk Art Birdhouse with Galvanized Steel Roof, a metal perch and a leather belt. Circa 1950 Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2018-05-04 13:53
Folk Art collage made of postage stamps, c. 1939.Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-04-27 14:17
19th Century Folk Art Train Drawing goes Forty Miles an Hour. Edward Brown, 1883.Courtesy Curley Antiques. Read More
2018-04-24 16:53
Three Big Bears Antique Folk Art Bear Masks. Height 16" - 18"Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb / Jim Linderman Read More
2018-04-23 17:08
Portrait of a Dummy Original snapshot c. 1960 Handmade Ventriloquist Folk Art FigureCollection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-04-20 20:14
Reefer Madness Comics is hilarious! Craig Yoe and Steven Thompson have pulled together over 200 pages of rare comic book parables from the 1940s and 1950s in full color! Plus a f… Read More
2018-04-20 18:03
A Folk Art Carved Parsnip! From "American Scenery Lake George Views Stereoview cardLamson and Smith Photographers. 19th Century. Collection Jim LindermanThanks to Invisible Commu… Read More
2018-03-26 16:19
Location Unknown. Snapshot collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-03-25 14:33
Antique Folk Art Room Mural Cabinet Card Photograph. Likely in or near Merrimac, MA. Original photograph by "View Photographer" C. E Sawyer circa 1880. Collectio… Read More
2018-03-21 16:06
Antique Wooden Matchbox Covers from Russia. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2018-03-19 15:35
Things to MAKE Seal Kaps Milk Bottle Tops. 1931 Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2018-03-16 16:03
An "art car" with particularly bad taste. "Shot by Otto Hedbany and Donald Strable" in near Glidden, WI. Things not to be proud of.World's Record Black Bear postcard. Colle… Read More
2018-03-11 16:26
old time religion Drop a Coin in the Sock. "Novelty" fundraising coin sockTroy Church 1936. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-03-10 17:07
Miniature building on Original postcard c. 1950. I haven't identified the person who built this scale copy of the Colorado State Capital building with ONE HAND, but maybe you can. &hell…Read More
2018-03-09 16:13
Vintage Folk Art Game Board Two-Sided c. 1950 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-03-03 18:23
Doodle Bug early 20th Century Folk Art Drawing Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-02-26 16:20
Antique American Folk Art Sculpture Woman with Necklace Life sized. Three views. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-02-24 15:59
I am proud to present the 4th installment of the worst comic artists in the world series. The horrendous two-tone fetishistic images of one Ed Bortz! Even with his unusual last name, I wa… Read More
2018-02-23 14:59
Topiary Bicycle snapshot collection Jim LindermanTHANKS TO BOXLOT Read More
2018-02-19 17:11
Real photo postcard of Dolletta and her two cesarean babies.Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2018-02-12 18:13
Folk Art Drawing Nerves of the Telephone System c. 1955 by High School Artist Jackie Davis Watercolor paint on writing paper from her "Health Emotions" scrapbook. Collection… Read More
2018-02-08 17:57
Antique American Folk Art Sculpture Carving of the Spirit of Commication Golden Boy AT&T Statue. An early 20th Century folk art rendering of "Spirt of Communication" also know as G… Read More
2018-02-08 16:46
As I await the new Showtime Documentary "A Life in Twelve Bars" devoted to Eric Clapton, (premiers Saturday Feb 10)word has come that Delaney and Bonnie AND Derek and the Dominos are again g… Read More
2018-01-31 17:24
IIn the old days, this would have been called a printer's block, but more specifically, this is a piece used to print punchboards. Colorful, poster-size games of chance once popular in… Read More
2018-01-29 16:42
Fun House Mirror and a Camera Selfie original snapshot c. 1955 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-01-28 16:44
Love During Wartime #5 Hand-painted pinup women on the wall of the Serviceman's Bar Original Snapshot c. 1945Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-01-23 16:33
Ten Photographs of Folk Artist Reverend Anderson Johnson by Jim Linderman early 1990s Newport News, VA. Credit Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2018-01-23 03:27
Original vintage vernacular shapshot depicting a "street artist" selling his wares on the beach in Atlantic City. Appears to be on original mount from a photo album which dates snapsho… Read More
2018-01-21 16:55
Vintage Folk Art Decoy in the shape of a Submarine. Enhanced with an added weapon! The bottom is filled with lead to sink down and dangled to attract fish for spearing. C… Read More
2018-01-20 15:10
Antique Folk Art Bust of a Man with a Hat c. 1920. 15 " tall. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-01-19 17:06
Amateur "Sunday Painter" Pregnant Woman c. 1950 On reverse "Kraus" 16" x 20" Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-01-18 18:04
Basil Merrett Outsider Art The Religious Series c. 1950 Collection Jim Linderman. Each drawn (while institutionalized) on hand-cut 4" x 5" cardboard. See also the book Eccentric Folk A… Read More
2018-01-16 17:03
Antique Folk Art Toy Carving Articulated Dancing Man in original "radiator" silver paint. 13" tall. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2018-01-13 17:44
Handmade Folk Art Book by Darlene Olds 1934 Child's Drawings. Crayon on manila paper signed and dated. "Built" over the pages of a printed book 89 pages.Collection Dull Tool Dim… Read More
2018-01-13 01:49
A form of an early folk art toy I am not familiar with. It has the look and feel of a squeak toy, but in this case the bird is wired to pick his head up...essentially a very early exam… Read More
2018-01-10 16:29
Antique Folk Art Carving Sculpture Playing Card Suit Reminder. Original paint with a subtle reminder that even while playing games, it is hard to escape the current political situation… Read More
2018-01-07 17:32
When was the first drive-in church? A silent video on You tube attempts to claim it was in 1950. Watch the preacher make the rounds of parked autos with a collection plate. … Read More
2018-01-02 16:33
Snapshot circa 1930 of a folk art carved totem pole. Reverse indicates the photo was developed at Kodak Finishing on Broadway in Oklahoma City. Ed Galloway's famous Totem Park wa… Read More
2017-12-30 17:09
Embarrassed by a Bare Ass. Hospital Gown Folk Art Carving. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-12-28 01:16
Vintage Folk Art Carving of an Unusually Shaped Man. Pressing the wall? Doing a pushup? Folk Art wood Carving Original Paint circa 1950? Collection Dull Tool Dim… Read More
2017-12-26 16:37
L. E. Ashbrook of Lexington Kentucky was a folk art carver in the whittling tradition, but he took it to the extreme. Mr. Ashbrook created a fantastic film of his figures and mac… Read More
2017-12-21 15:29
Antique Cast Iron Eagle 19th Century. Likely from Chicago area. I can not find another example of the form here. 33 pounds with a 22 inch wingspan.Books by Jim Linderman available HERE Read More
2017-12-13 18:04
One of the most culturally rich areas of the country is the low coastal area of South Carolina, where descendants of slaves still retain a bit of their roots and skills. One tradition sur… Read More
2017-12-11 17:43
Vintage Women who Fly Photograph Postcard RPPC Images collection Jim LindermanBOOKS AND EBOOKS ON ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY AVAILABLE HERE Read More
2017-12-09 17:23
Young Donald Trump and Jefferson Beauregard Sessions the Third of Alabama Wall Off the rest of the WorldOriginal Snapshot collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2017-12-07 15:49
Modern Parable Hand Drawn penny postcard c. 1925 Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-12-03 16:46
Pages from Dale West's Handmade Book of Rubber Stamp Art. Late 19th / Early 20th Century Ames, Iowa.Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-12-01 16:44
#4 in the Love During Wartime series is a hand drawn envelope cachet from a woman to her husband in the air force. 1954 2" x 2" ink on paper Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-11-30 16:54
This baby is ready for the wind tunnel! Plus, it has "black and white cookie" wheels to keep it on the road. All designed like a miniature production model of clay. Still… Read More
2017-11-27 17:01
I guess we could also call this "Ness moves his Mess." Real photo postcard shows E. W. Ness moving 34 kinds of farm animals through town on a sled. Why? MY guess is that th… Read More
2017-11-25 17:06
Yes, there were REAL black "minstrel" shows, and here is snapshot proof. These performers didn't need to blacken their faces. How were they received? I am sure they put on… Read More
2017-11-20 19:15
Primitive Diving Helmet Handmade early 20th Century Folk Art. Michigan origin. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-11-08 18:24
Nellie Bellmore Female Trapeze Artist 1895 Circus Cabinet Card Pair by Frank Wendt. Wendt was understudy to famed "circus freak" photographer Charles Eisenmann. He took over the… Read More
2017-11-07 15:49
Putt Putt Traffic Cop Vintage snapshot dated on reverse 1955 Miniature Golf.Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb Read More
2017-11-06 15:30
Here comes Tokey, buzzing out of the pages of pulp history from the back cover of TORRID TWINS, just one of the capers solved with his tiny fists and subtly implied detective dong poun… Read More
2017-11-03 16:31
Vintage Folk Art Tramp Art Miniature Dresser made of Matchsticks and Glitter. Circa 1960?Click and Scroll for free preview of books by the author of Dull Tool Dim Bulb. Ebook ver… Read More
2017-10-27 17:56
A redware glazed lamb, likely 19th century. The piece has characteristics of Pennsylvania and Shenandoah Valley Virginia figural redware toys like those of Samuel Bell. A large g… Read More
2017-10-24 14:53
Four drawings with watercolor by Lucy Moose (1921 - 2010) Miss Moose was born August 28, 1921,in Charlotte, N.C. and passed away on October 7, 2010 in Atlanta, GA at the age of 89. Sh… Read More
2017-10-23 15:24
Colorama Crazy Ball Vintage Hand-painted Carnival Sign Folk Art. He started out bold with a giant C but ended up with a tiny A. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-10-19 19:42
These drawings were done from 1918 to 1919 by Elizabeth Stohn. Ms Stone was a child at the time, and was something of a "cross-category" artist. Part Schoolgirl art, part naive… Read More
2017-10-17 18:41
Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber folk art sculpture made of clay. Joe was active in the late 1930's to the late 1940's. Born in Alabama and moved to Detroit after being visited by a ga… Read More
2017-10-16 16:33
GAWD I had a NIGHTMARE Original Painting 1913 collection Jim Lindermanhttp://dulltooldimbulb.com Read More
2017-10-14 15:21
Cutest little Valentine's Day Cards I have ever seen...and I met the artist! The woman selling them told me she made them as a young schoolgirl after I bought 'em. Makes th… Read More
2017-10-12 17:23
The site is ten years old. There is no big whizbang shindig to celebrate, as I am working on a book. There ARE a hundred or more people to thank. Lauren Leja, Natalie Curley and… Read More
2017-10-10 17:03
Odd Fellows Ark of the Covenant Folk Art Needlework fragment from a banner.No date. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-10-04 17:06
Antique Folk Art Child's Needlecraft. Two pieces 1905. Dove and Christmas Message. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-09-30 14:38
You can Come in Praying if this van is Swaying Jesus Freak Van circa 1990 original photographs Jim Linderman Read More
2017-09-29 15:18
Antique American Folk Art Wood Carving Woman in Pink Sweater. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-09-28 18:16
Justin McCarthy "Blond Beauty" Self-Taught American Folk Artist Crayon mounted on wallpaper scraps c. 1920 (Illustrated in the catalog Justin McCarthy Allentown Art Museum 1985. Collection J… Read More
2017-09-27 13:24
Old Folk Art Carving / Sculpture of a Baby. Anonymous, circa 1950? Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-09-20 16:54
Antique Folk Art Wax Figure of a Seated Woman. Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-09-15 15:57
Folk Art Environment Vernacular Architecture Photograph Anonymous. A grotto-like installation around living quarters. No date. Thanks to BOX LOT on Facebook.See also the 25… Read More
2017-08-15 17:23
No was to compare rates for this patriotic "no tell hotel" once operating somewhere in America. Vintage anonymous snapshot, no date. Collection Jim Linderman See also IN SIT… Read More
2017-08-11 17:38
An interesting folk art sculpture made from SNOW in St. Paul, Minnesota 1937. The creation even shows a pair of folk art portraits on the wall! Figural snow and ice sculpture hav… Read More
2017-08-10 14:36
Checkers in Prison Anonymous Watercolor Painting circa 1955 3" x 4"Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-08-05 17:39
Antique Folk Art Birds at Water Feeder Sculpture Yard Art Collection Jim Linderman Read More
2017-07-26 13:22
Large Folk Art Carving / Sculpture Articulated Man with Big Feet and Little Hands. Nearly 22 inches tall. Figure is wired to "walk" with twisted. Circa 1940? Collectio… Read More
2017-07-22 23:11
A beautiful Antique Make-Do Primitive Folk Art one drawer Stand / Desk in Original Paint. The wood came from a crate used to ship "Noiseless" matches, and the legs are wood branches.&n&hell…Read More
2017-07-16 14:40
"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
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