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Sid Boyum Ice Fishing

Date: 1960
Description: Sid Boyum ice fishing on a lake. He is sitting on a chair near an ice fishing hut. On the left a car is parked with the trunk open. Other ice fishing huts ...
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R.L. Bender Deluxe Cab at 1,000,000 Miles

Date: 1982
Description: Bob Bender, wearing a business suit and a chauffeur hat, is posing next to "Nellie," his shiny, black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood parked in front of the Wiscon...
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Gene Coffman at His Desk

Date: 1966
Description: Gene Coffman, founder of Gratco Corporation, at his home office desk, 414 Clemons Ave., looking down at a small toy model.
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Gene Coffman at His Desk

Date: 1966
Description: Gene Coffman, founder of Gratco Corporation, looking up from his office desk in his home, 414 Clemons Ave.
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Package of Disguise Stix©

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Description: Shrink wrapped package of the original Disguise Stix©, the body paint developed by Gene Coffman, of Gratco Corporation.
Magazine or Periodical

Cover of American Machinist

Date: 1951
Description: The cover of an issue of American Machinist (issued on August 20, 1951). A man is operating a machine.
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Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 08 1942
Description: Illustration art of a machine operator in work clothes and a billed cap with safety goggles standing next to a Type S Dynetric Balancer at the Howell Elect...
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Dynetric Machine by Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Dynetric machine, with foot pedal, manufactured by Gisholt Machine Company.
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Successful relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Hos...
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"Blue Dragon Urn" Relocation Project

Date: 05 2000
Description: Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, preparing the new concrete foundation for the "Blue Dragon Urn," which was relocated from Sid Boyum's backyard to the pu...
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"Blue Dragon Urn" Relocation Project

Date: 05 2000
Description: Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, standing by the "Smiling Mushroom" and a new concrete foundation that he poured for the "Blue Dragon Urn." Both sculptur...
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Gag Gift at Gisholt Dinner Gathering

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Description: Sid Boyum smiling at the camera, after receiving a gift at a dinner gathering with male colleagues from Gisholt Machine Company. The large, rectangular pac...
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Gag Gift at Gisholt Dinner Gathering

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Description: Sid Boyum getting the joke, admiring his gag gift from Gisholt Machine Company co-workers after a dinner gathering. With a cigar in his mouth, he is holdin...
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Gag Gift at Gisholt Dinner Gathering

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Description: Sid Boyum trying out his gag gift from Gisholt Machine Company co-workers after a dinner gathering. The gift is a home-made portable "stool" designed with ...
Drawing

Gisholt Brochure Dummy — Cover

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Description: Cover layout for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite, yellow and black pastel, and white pa...
Drawing

Gisholt Brochure Dummy — Pages 2 and 3

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Description: Layout of pages 2 and 3 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite, yellow and black pastel, a...
Drawing

Gisholt Brochure Dummy — Pages 6 and 7

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Description: Layout of pages 6 and 7 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The abstract drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite, yellow and black ...
Drawing

Gisholt Brochure Dummy - Pages 8 and 9

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Description: Layout of pages 8 and 9 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite and yellow and black pastel...

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