Urban Country
About Urban Country
Urban Country houses unique objects and colorful remnants of America's past. Starting in the late 1990's, Steven Schwartz and Casey Hale have focused the Urban Country collection on anonymous American Folk art as well as pieces from carnivals, circuses and sideshows of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Vintage sideshow banners, shooting galleries and ventriloquist heads are on display alongside vintage industrial furniture and lighting, antique American flags, massive 19th century general store tables, anonymous American folk art and humorous vintage and antique road signage. Every piece evokes a personal narrative, documenting the American experience throughout the decades.
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Vintage Good Humor Ice Cream Truck Side Sheet Metal Panel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
So cool! Vintage good humor truck ice cream panels. Great mid century color and pop art design. Nice large scale. Sheet metal attached to new wood frame.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage Good Humor Ice Cream Drumsticks Truck Side Sheet Metal Panel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
So cool! Vintage good humor truck ice cream panel. Great mid century color and pop art design. Nice large scale. Sheet metal attached to new wood frame.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century American Iron Prison Bed
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Circa 1900 iron prison bed. Great oyster white original paint color. Would make a great console unit for storage. Or, planted with succulents in the garden. Or just a great daybed an...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century American General Store Apothecary Grain Paint Hand Stenciling
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Beautiful 19th century general store large scale yellow pine apothecary in old surface. Found in the north eastern united states. Most likely of Pennsylvania origin. Red stain grain ...
Category
Antique 1880s American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
Circa 1890 Hardware Store Wood Trade Sign Carved Smaltz Black and Gold Paint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Exceptional late 19th century hand carved letters with black and Gold paint and black smaltz background. Excellent typography. Great wall art. Simple and bold.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Circa 1900 Black Gray and White Burial Vault Cemetery Trade Sign Folk Art
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphic black, white and gray c. 1900 trade sign. Professional hand letters. Excellent typography. Quirky subject matter. American Gothic! There is reference to CM Sworm cemetery mon...
Category
Antique 1890s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Herschell Spillman Cast Iron Vintage Carousel Heads
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic set of three Herschell Spillman carousel rounding board heads. Cast iron faces with wood board backs. All in original park paint. Each face/board measures 12" across by 15"...
Category
Vintage 1910s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Stephen JM Palmer Jesus with Hands Outsider Art Painting
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This vibrant gouache painting was done by obsessive outsider artist Stephen JM Palmer (1882-1965) sometime between 1955 and 1965.
Palmer was a farm laborer and logger in rural Wi...
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Stephen JM Palmer Gossip Town Outsider Art Painting
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This vibrant gouache painting was done by obsessive outsider artist Stephen JM Palmer (1882-1965) sometime between 1955 and 1965.
Palmer was a farm laborer and logger in rural Wi...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Wood Carved Red and White American Folk Art Barber Pole Trade Sign Sconce, C1920
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great Americana! c. 1920s American Folk Art wood and iron carved barber pole. Layers of thick original red and white hand painted surface. Substantial iron mounts and iron strapping ...
Category
Vintage 1920s North American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
Large Framed American Flag Folk Art Quilt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Nicely faded American flag quilt. Excellent hand stitched dancing Folk Art stars. Skilled quilting, a nice graphic large-scale wall hanging. White stripes have faint blue and white c...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Folk Art Political and Patriotic Memor...
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Boxing Dummy
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great form! vintage boxing practice dummy. Presented on cast iron museum stand. Realistic features. Torso lifts off stand.
Dimensions on stand: 19.5 x 15.75 x 56.5" tall
Dimension...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Latex, Rubber
12 Foot American General Store Counter Mustard Paint 19th Century
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Architectural late 19th century general store counter. Layers of original mustard paint surface and red stained top. Superb architectural detailing and carved top with rolled edge. O...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Wood Americana Folk Art Barber Shop Billboard Sign, c 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Simple and graphic Barber Shop Sign. Big scale! Original hand painted surface by professional sign painter. Great Americana folk art. Nicely designed and made multi layer frame. Some...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Vintage Cast Iron Swing Out Stool Round Cafeteria Table
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Unusual cast iron and wood swing out stool cafeteria table. Most likely a school or factory cafeteria table. Original paint surface. Super functional. Chairs swing under table for st...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Industrial Dining Room Tables
Materials
Iron
Vintage Big Fish Wood Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Almost six foot long wood fish double-sided trade sign. Original hand painted surface with heavy iron strap hangers. . Found in the northeast. Perhaps for a fish market or fishing su...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage School Crossing Safety Guard Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original hand painted school safety crossing guard sign. Sheet metal and wood. Great original surface. Has original leaning brace mounted on back, but could also be easily hung on a ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
19th Century French Carousel Pig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic 19th century carousel pig. Super whimsical carnival piece from a bygone era. Carved wood with cast iron curly tail and handle. Original layers of park paint and glass eyes....
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century American Folk Art Iron Horse Weathervane
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ex. Jane Cipley collection. Fantastic sheet and strap iron horse weathervane. Originally found in the midwest. Old make-do repair to tail. Great piece of Americana.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
Vintage American Service Station Wood Sign Original Red Paint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Substantial wood service station sign with original paint surface. No tax! Nice original thick wood frame. Great conversation art piece. Super bold graphic letters that appear to hav...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Original Wood Carved Carnival Midway Poster Letterpress
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Set of three original hand-carved letterpress made by the Neal Walters Poster Company. Fantastic carnival midway scene. Games, carnival rides and acrobats. Carved with incredible det...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
Vintage "Lowest Prices" Grocery Market Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great kitchen conversation piece. Grocery store in market advertising trade sign, circa 1950s. Simple and too the point. Looks to be painted by the hand of a skilled sign painter.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Fort Worth Hotel Oak Display Case Pair
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic oak display cases. Join together to form a bowtie shape. Each has one door for access and original glass shelves (not shown in images). Very solid and sturdy. Great and unu...
Category
Early 20th Century American Mission Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood
Caution School Zone WPA Style Wood Sign Red White and Blue Hand Painted
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Chunky red, white and blue hand painted school safety zone sign. Super graphic and bold. Nice thick construction.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Early Carnival Midway 7.5 Foot Tall Game Wheel Monterey with Gooseneck Light
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic giant carnival game wheel with applied scenic Monterey theme. All original surface paint. Chunky turned stand. Measures: 7 foot . Really unique gooseneck lamp for illuminat...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Hand Painted Broadside Recruits Wanted sign from Brooklyn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Wood carved and hand painted American Folk Art recruiting broadside. Fantastic imagery of lady liberty, eagle and patriotic shield. "Respond to your country's call". City of Brooklyn...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Hand Forged Heavy Iron Arrow
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic chunky 19th century hand-forged iron arrow. Great shelf decoration. Could be wall mounted. Very solid piece.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
Late 19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Santos with Glass Eyes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Late 19th century hand-carved Santos with inset glass eyes and original gesso paint surface. On custom museum display stand. Base measures 6" x 6".
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Central American Spanish Colonial Sculptures a...
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Vintage Magician Magic Suitcase Hand Painted Folk Art
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic Magician's suitcase. Hand painted and lettered. Vintage Folk Art rabbit trick and card paintings. Great bookshelf display.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas
Collection of Three Carnival Shooting Gallery Target Knockover Birds
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Nice collection of three carnival midway knockover shooting gallery targets. Nice chunky pieces. Great original layers of white paint surface.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Pair of Copper Relief Football Player Wall Hangings Period Football Uniforms
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great pair of copper relief football players. Period football union suit uniform and Morrell noseguards. Original painted surface. Original frames.
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Copper
Early American Wood and Iron Double Sided Railroad Station Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Northeastern United States cloakroom sign from rural train station, circa 1900s thick cut wood and heavy iron strapping. Lettering are individually cut out wood pieces. Double sided....
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Wood Carved American Folk Art Muscle Car
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand carved Folk Art American Muscle car. Wood carved with original paint surface.
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Southern Missionary Church Sign circa 1930s Original Black and White Surface
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Missionary church sign found in the southern United States, circa 1930s original black and white surface with fantastic hand lettering. Great aged surface.
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
American Folk Art Wood and Iron Farm Bureau Weathervane Advertising Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great looking cartoon Midwestern Americana weathervane. Farm Bureau Insurance started in 1921. This great piece most likely was a premium or advertising piece. Hand painted wood with...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
Wood Carved Store Display Trade Sign Artist Paint Brushes Original Paint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic hand carved giant wood artist paintbrushes. All original multi colored paint surface. Completely wood carved. Perhaps part of a retail window display or a trade sign. Great...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Signed Snap Wyatt Sideshow Banner
By Snap Wyatt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic "Plenty For Two" sideshow banner painted by Snap Wyatt. Great manageable size.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
American Folk Art Workshop Wrench Wood Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic and substantial wood and iron wrench tool sign. Hand written fractions and original yellow paint. Very sturdy and well made. Great industrial workshop turned folk art. The ...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Carved and Painted Wood Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Carved and painted wooden soldier whirligig. Early 20th century American. Soldier has a leather hat with wooden brim. Presented on simple custom museum stand.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Vintage American General Store Counter Table with Drawer Original Paint Surface
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great one drawer table that appears to have been the work horse for an American general store. Found in the great lakes area. Green and black original paint surface. Drawer is quite ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
1920s Cast Iron American Soda Fountain Chairs Set of Four
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great set of four cast iron soda fountain chairs. Found in the northeast. Original multi layer pink and green paint surface. Also original leather chair surface. Very nice cast iron ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Iron
American Folk Art Tool Museum Sign 1950 Tool Assemblage
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Wentworth Tool Museum sign assembled with scrap tools and hardware. Assemblage include many wrenches, drill bits, saws and scissors. Heavy iron construction. Great piece of American ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Iron
Collection of Three Vintage Carnival Midway Nickel Ride Red Signs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fun collection of three vintage carnival midway signs. Nickel rides! Original professional sign painters handiwork. Excellent graphic skills. Great vintage age. All three signs have ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
American Folk Art Cowboy and Horse Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tall one of a kind cowboy and horse spinning whirligig American Folk Art piece. Most likely from a larger folk art environment. Sheet steel construction on a large spoked farm wheel ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
1950 Vintage American Folk Art Band Stand Hand Painted Goofy Jazz Music Stand
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand painted band stand folding music stand, circa 1950s. Great folk art design and Goofy dog painted. Possibly from the Jazz Mill in Phoenix. Great wall hanging.
When opened the de...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Composition, Metal
Wood Lawn Bowling Game Original Caddy and Bowling Balls, circa 1900
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lawn bowling set and caddy. The best orange and yellow paint. Great as a display or design accessory. Or play the game! Complete and as good as it gets. Includes 14 wood carved pins ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s North American Folk Art Sports Equipment and Memorab...
Materials
Wood
Pair of Wood Carved American Folk Art Dice
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of nicely carved Folk Art dice. Quite heavy and solid. Original stained surface.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Sculptural Wood and Iron Strap 19th Century Farm Implement
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Super clean lines and sculptural 19th century American farm implement. Over eight and a half feet wide large scale looks amazing hung on a modern white wall. Wood with hand forged ir...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Odd Fellows or Free Masons Ceremonial Lodge Candle Holders Star Heart Anchor
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic lodge symbol candleholders. Brass and iron. Possibly one of a kind. Heart, anchor and star symbols. Really great look and functional.
Measures: Heart 15" x 19.5 x 2
Ancho...
Category
20th Century North American Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Collection of Three Cast Iron Star Victorian Daughters of the Revolution Markers
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Collection of three Daughters of the Revolution cast iron star markers. Marked GAR Thos Feushaw Post 75 Conn.
Category
Antique 1890s North American Folk Art Garden Ornaments
Materials
Iron
Carved USWV Lodge Pedestal Podiums Folk Art American Flag and Clasped Hands
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic pair of ceremonial lodge pedestals from United Spanish War Veterans lodge in Toledo, Ohio. One with a very well carved and three dimensional American Flag marked Patriotism...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Hand-Carved Wood Witch Weathervane
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand-carved Folk Art witch weathervane found in the northeast. Very nicely carved thick Folk Art weathervane with layers of heavy original paint surface. Nice piece of Americana.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage heavy leather medicine ball. Great worn chocolate brown leather patina. Hand-painted team info or weight numbers on side.
Category
Vintage 1920s Unknown Folk Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
Vintage Late 19th Century Canvas Circus Carnival Midway Folk Art Sideshow Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very early American circus or carnival Sideshow Banner, circa 1890-1900. Fantastic paint detail. Great example of American folk art banner painting. The Great American African Camel ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Bronx Toy Factory Copper and Screw Eyes Iron Doll Mold Head
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage Bronx toy factory industrial doll head mold. Awesome screw eyes. Fantastic patina and layered surface from exposure to various chemicals and high heat during the manufacturin...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Steampunk Toys and Dolls
Materials
Copper, Iron
Vintage Carnival Midway Wood Ring Toss Game
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage carnival midway ring toss game. Perfect wall art. Wood with original park paint surface. These appear to be one of a kind carny made pieces for a traveling carnival. Bo...
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Carved American Carnival Head, circa 1890s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Finely featured carved man's head found in the southern United States. Most likely a late 19th century carnival head featured in a ball or ring toss game.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Carnival Midway Wood Ring Toss Game
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage carnival midway ring toss game. Perfect wall art. Wood with original park paint surface. These appear to be one of a kind carnie made pieces for a traveling carnival. B...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Heavy Iron Industrial Work Boots Factory Molds
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These are super cool and sculptural. Really heavy iron Industrial work boot molds. These things are solid! Stamped with factory numbers and mold info. Vintage industrial design does ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
