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| Description: | Composite image of a man wearing a suit standing in front of the Gisholt Machine Company entrance. He is looking up at a man scaled as tall as the building... |
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| Description: | View down driveway towards Bob Bender posing standing at the curb leaning against a Cadillac Fleetwood limousine holding a small Christmas tree and an axe.... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | View of Sid posing sitting with his feet up on the stone wall at the entrance to a cemetery with a July 1961 calendar under his arm and a cigar in his mout... |
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| Description: | View of Sid posing sitting on the stone wall at the entrance to a cemetery with a July 1961 calendar under his arm. He is holding a stem of lilies and has ... |
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| Description: | The Pontalba Hearse, made of carved wood displayed behind a fence. This image was used in the original brochure for the House on the Rock. |
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| Description: | View from street of two men standing on the sidewalk in front of the Hofstetter tavern. The Gisholt sales representative standing on the left is holding a ... |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of Sid sitting in jail with a cigar in his mouth while reading a Gideon Bible. Sid is looking out of the iron gate of a stone building, ... |
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| Description: | A man, wearing a fur coat, galoshes, a hat, and goggles is pretending to ride a bicycle that is covered by icicles. The bicycle is parked outdoors along th... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Sid is sitting on a stone wall looking out over a graveyard. He is wearing a hat and a checkered hunting jacket and has a cigar in his mouth. A stream of f... |
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| Description: | Indoor portrait of a man sitting in a chair at a desk at Gisholt with his head covered by a big bowl, shaped like half an egg shell. Windows in the backgro... |
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| Description: | Four-fold, copy art Christmas card made by Sid with two photographs of damaged commercial buildings after a fire. In one image, Sid stands on the slushy st... |
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| Description: | Two creatures, each wearing a red stocking cap, are standing in the foreground. A wagon on the left is holding a bottle popping its cork. In the upper righ... |
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| Description: | Four-fold, cover with line drawing of a trowel topped by a star standing upright on a broken brick. Inside is a photograph of Sid using a trowel pointing a... |
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| Description: | Sid dressed in a suit and tie standing outdoors holding a sheet of paper that reads: "Fire Sale Soon" in front of an unknown building which during a fire. ... |
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| Description: | Four-fold, copy art card with an image on the inside of a composite photograph and drawing of Sid using a trowel to spread mortar on a brick wall. On the b... |
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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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| 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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| 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 ... |
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| Description: | Four men sitting around a long dining table after a casual meal. At the head of the table is Ken Harley, the original home owner who started to build the h... |
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