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Man Pretending to Play a Fishing Pole with a Bow

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Description: A man sitting on plastic buckets in a store selling floor materials pretending to play a fishing pole with a bow. The man is wearing hip waders pulled down...
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Hupfeld Violin Machine at House on the Rock

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Description: The Hupfeld Violin Machine is set into the wall. This image was used in the original House on the Rock brochure.
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Pontalba Hearse at House on the Rock

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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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Music of Yesterday at House on the Rock

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Description: The Music of Yesterday exhibit at House on the Rock was used in a brochure. The exhibit is "Presenting the magnificent machines of a magnificent era, 1765 ...
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Holtzkopf Wood Carver Studio at House on the Rock

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Description: Exterior view of the Günter Holtzkopf Wood Carving Studio. A large ship's figurehead of a woman extends out from the balcony above the entrance. This image...
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Wirth Lamp Shop at House on the Rock

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Description: Exterior view looking through the shop windows of the Fredie P. Wirth Lamp Shop. This image was used in the original brochure for the House on the Rock.
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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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Capitol Dome

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Description: Dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

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Description: View across Sid's backyard with a shed structure in the background. In the yard are plants, trees, and sculptures which are surrounding a large, white, lan...
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Ducks Unlimited Prize Night

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Description: Three men are standing on a stage near a display of prize items to be given away during a Ducks Unlimited event. The Harley-Davidson motorcycle was donated...
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Sid Sitting on Stone Wall at Cemetery

Date: 1961
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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General Store

Date: 1974
Description: Black watercolor of a single-story store with large wood-framed, plate-glass windows, a false front and a pitched roof. The building's external side wall b...
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Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1976
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on May 1, 1976 with Sid's caption: "The Atwood-Ave Clean Fresh Water An...
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Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: View of Sid Boyum's backyard, with an arch, pagoda, and sculptures among shrubs and trees. There is an empty pond under the arch. The Madison-Kipp Corporat...
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Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of Sid Boyum's background taken from the second floor of his house. There is a large arch in the center with wind chimes hanging on it. Shrub...
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Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: View of Sid Boyum's backyard, with an arch, pagoda, and sculptures among shrubs and trees. The Madison-Kipp Corporation factory is in the background.
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Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: View of Sid Boyum's backyard. There is a large arch in the center with wind chimes hanging on it. Shrubs, trees, plants and other sculptures are on either ...
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Animal Sculpture by Dr. Evermor

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Description: Side view of an animal sculpture on a patio or porch. The creature was built by Dr. Evermor from scrap metal which he collected and designed and assembled....
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Steve and Two Children Playing Flutophones

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Description: Steve, Sid Boyum's son, and two other children, playing the flutophones, standing together on a stage.
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Christmas Card

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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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