Joe Lincoln. In color!

Tom Barb

Tom Barb

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Here's a pic of Joe Lincoln that was enhanced to make the picture in color. I thought it was awesome and that some of you would appreciate it.


 
Tom~

Excellent...but....I can't help but wonder if Joe would have preferred that the colorists took the grey out - as long as they were going to all that trouble....

All the best,

SJS
 
Thanks for the post Tom. Joe Lincoln is my favorite carver of all time, he did it all, wood, canvas and self bailers all in that small shed. He rode a bicycle, wonder what make it was?

That black and white photo is on the cover of Cap Vinal's book - Joseph W. Lincoln Accord Massachusetts 1/26/1859 - 2/16/1938
 
Love the picture and the colorizing, the decoys look amazing. I am truly befuddled by the shingling job on the cabin. I've never seen anything shingled so.
 
Brad~

That shack remind me of the set from the Popeye movie (with Robin Williams). I think it is simply in bad need of re-shingling - many are missing and a bunch are about to be blow off by the next big storm.

SJS
 
The photo's taken of the inside of his work shop are amazing. Functional but very sparse, he did a lot with very little. Most painting was done outdoors. The photo on the back cover of the dust jacket shows rows and rows of canvas/slate Scoter's and Old Squaw. All handmade in that shed - Unreal!

The shop was a shed 12' X 16', and was moved from High Street to his farm. All beams were solid oak and the shed was 150 years old when he used it according to the book.

Not only was he a decoy carver, but a expert florist and could fix and repair almost anything.
 
I'm going to have to check out the book. I think I like seeing pictures of shops as much as I do decoys lol.
 
Love the picture and the colorizing, the decoys look amazing. I am truly befuddled by the shingling job on the cabin. I've never seen anything shingled so.
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Wow, I couldn't have said it any better...
 
Love the picture. I checked out the book on Amazon. They list two starting at $219, so I guess that won't be getting added to my library.
 
I waited 2 years to get my copy, signed by Cap Vinal thanks to Dean Dashner. I'll most likely never own one of Joe Lincoln's decoys, so the book is as close as I'll get. I read it at the end of huntin' season and the start of carvin' season. Looks as if it was a sound investment. Nothing tells you more about a decoy carver/maker than his shop.
 
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