Vintage postcards and photographs of whirligigs & weather-vanes
ephemera for collectors, authors, researchers and the interested
tramp-art.com collection does not appear in the actual vintage images
08-002 real photo postcard- Rooster weather vane from the Unitarian Church at Newburryport, Massachusetts. The CYKO stamp box dates this unused postcard 1904 to the 1920s
10-063 real photo postcard of The Shaving Shop. postally used postcard
10-063A postcard- unused
10-072 3¾ x 4 ¾ vintage Negative
10-072 what this negative looks like when printed as a photograph
Shaving Shop Chatham, Mass.
From “ChathamMassachusetts” by Robert Zaremba &
Danielle R Jeanioz – “Arthur Edwards was a one man institution bringing color
and motion to the town. He owned a shop on Old Harbor Rd which sold Cape Cod
souvenirs including doorstops, lighthouses and a series of whirligigs with Cape Cod themes. The small mechanical devices were
powered by the wind and designed originally to scare birds away from the newely
planted garden. Joseph c Lincoln’s
book “Shavings” was written using themes in Arthur Edwards life- click below to
learn more
Rare chrome postcard of “The carver of Sailor
Boys and his son, NantucketIsland”
It is very likely that this is an image of
Lincoln J Creely whose work survives but little research has been found on this
exteriority folk artist. The August 2009 Rafael Sona Auction Catalogue is the
most complete Bio I have found mentioning that Ceely crafted whirligigs and was
a well known cabinet maker, painter, carver and clock maker. My research shows
that a Lincoln Ceely of Nantucket is a listed Nantucket basket
maker.
The Sailor boy whirligig was a very popular folk art design
for its time and additional research shows that several examples survive with a
“Pease & Ceely” signature. Period images of a Mr. Edwards Shaving
Shop in Chatham,Mass. show Sailor boy whirligigs
testifying to the popularity of this design. Signed Ceely whirligigs showing a
black man sawing wood and a witch riding broom (see supporting materials)
survive.
Initial genealogy research shows that Ceely is an old
Nantucket family and that Lincoln’s
work possible survives with his decedents. This folk artist seems waiting for
discovery by scholars and his work seems abundant enough to survey for a
possible exhibition. Below are interesting links-
