Because Reading is Fundamental...

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Folk Art Carved Abstract Woman with a Green Skirt



Folk Art Carving of 3 Abstract Heads



Monday, June 29, 2009

1940's Carved Portrait of Helena


The Sailor in The Ship Wheel


Another Cabinet Card Advertising Cabinet Cards



Tuesday, June 23, 2009

World's First Mouseketeer?


Since I'm at Disney World on vacation (sorry for no recent posts!), I thought I'd post a rare 19th century photo of the world's first Mouseketeer.

It's said that she visited the Disneys often and little Walt felt that there was just "something" about her...

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Portraits of Two Gunslingers in Wood



Road Trip Humor


View of a Soldier through a Scope


Friday, June 12, 2009

Tintype of a Mystery Object (Or Non-Object)

Circa 1910 Woman's Suffrage Buttons




The design of these seem so strangely contemporary even though these were made roughly 100 years ago. Manufactured by Suffrage Publishing Co., NYC

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

18th Century Wrought Iron Lamp

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

A 1930's Swiss Folk Art Textile





Some 1950's Stereoview Nudes





1920's Photo of a Tattooed Man



Monday, June 8, 2009

The Living Insignias of Eugene Omar Goldbeck



Eugene Omar Goldbeck (1891-1986), San Antonio photographer was master of both the panoramic photograph and the “Living” symbol photographs made up of thousands of people, usually military, forming an insignia or flag.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Circa 1900 Portrait of a Man with a Goiter


Portrait by John D. Strunk, 730 Penn Street, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Anonymous Horse Painting


Available at Brasseur Fine Arts.

1917 Photo of Ditha Reed in a Holstein

Old Tin Whistle

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Oh So Wrong 1930's Scrapbook Drawings of Paul Gebo






Paul Gebo had a knack for rendering his subjects just wrong enough to be just right! These drawings were discovered by a collector and are currently available on eBay. Just Click Here.