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Art and Music Room

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Description: The Art and Music Room was featured in the House on the Rock original brochure.
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"Live in Fear" Arch

Date: 09 1977
Description: Unpainted wooden Japanese torii gate and a side view of sculptural arch of a standing old man in Sid's backyard. The man, with a prodigious nose, big blue ...
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Sid Sitting on Stool Under Torii Gate

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Description: View towards backyard with Sid is sitting on a stool under the torii gate that has recently been anchored into the ground. He has a pitchfork. Madison-Kipp...
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Sid Looking at Torii Gate

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Description: Sid looking up at the torii gate in his backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background behind a chain-link fence.
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Sid Digging Holes for Torii Gate

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Description: Sid is digging a hole in the ground for the torii gate he is installing in his backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background behind a chain-link ...
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Man Helping Sid Install Torii Gate

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Description: Sid and a man erecting the torii gate in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background behind a chain-link fence.
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Man Helping Sid Install Torii Gate

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Description: Sid and a man are struggling to set the torii gate upright in Sid's backyard.
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Sid Standing in Hole for Torii Gate

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Description: Sid is standing in the hole he has dug in the ground for the torii gate.
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Torii Gate and Japanese Tea Pavilion

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Description: The torii gate, Japanese Tea Pavilion and lanterns in Sid's backyard.
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"Live in Fear" and "Smiling Mushroom"

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Description: Red painted wooden Japanese torii gate, and a side view of a sculptural arch of a standing old man in Sid Boyum's backyard. The man, with a prodigious nose...
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Moon Gate

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of the Moon Gate at The House on the Rock. Carefully matched and fitted stone forms a circular gateway. A cedar tree frames th...

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