Drawing
Opening Day Fishing Season
| Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing titled, "Today and Tomorrow — The Fisherman's Myth Never Flounders," that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on May 10, 1968 with Sid's caption: "Today it's a dream in a barber shop, a boast in a tavern, a hope shared by a boy and a man. Tomorrow when the fishing season opens it will be a tug on the line, a pounding heart, and elation or despair. Today the trout is big enough to swallow a barber. Tomorrow it will be barely big enough to sink a bobber. Today the fish will snap like alligators at imaginary lures thrown in a hundred directions. Tomorrow they will be temperamental and fussy, and their toothy jaws may never open. The dream grows larger until it consumes the day like the rainstorm outside the barbershop windows. Oh they'll hit tomorrow until we won't be able to carry 'em home." Sid's authorship is in the lower right corner. |
| Image ID: | 123083 |
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| Creation Date: | 1968 |
| Creator Name: | Boyum, Sid |
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| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Sid Boyum collection, circa 1900-2018 (bulk 1950-1980) |
| Genre: | Drawing |
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| For Sid's photographic collage created for this drawing, see also Image ID's: 121875 (color negative) and 121858 (black-and-white copy). Sid Boyum annually created an "Opening Day" drawing to promote the first day of the general fishing season, published from 1963 to 1989 in theCapital Times and the Wisconsin State Journal. In exchange, Sid would receive copies of the print to distribute on his own. |
| Men |
| Implements, utensils, etc. |
| Chairs |
| Work clothes |
| Protective clothing |
| Shoes |
| Signs and signboards |
| Barbers |
| Clothing and dress |
| Fishing |
| Barbershops |
| Fishes |
| Drawing |
| This image is issued by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Use of the image requires written permission from the staff of the Collections Division. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with a staff member. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Friends of Sid Boyum, courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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