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Man Fishing in Chair

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Description: View across a marshy area towards a man, Mike Heberlein (of Cambridge), fishing while sitting in a wooden, ladder-back, dining chair that is submerged in t...
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Sid Boyum Directing Video

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Description: Sid Boyum, at right in the director's chair, and a Gisholt executive on the left. They are sitting while working on a Gisholt film.
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Man Pretending to Play a Fishing Net

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Description: A man is standing and pretending to play a fishing net like a guitar. He is inside a large room crowded with furniture and stacked cabinetry.
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Steve Hopkins Reading in His Cabin

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Description: Steve Hopkins, the outdoor writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, sits in an armchair reading a manuscript next to a fireplace in his cabin. There ...
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Man Sitting in a Chair in the Water Fishing

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Description: View across water towards a man wearing a hat and hip waders sitting on a wooden chair partially submerged in the water. He is holding a fishing pole. A ma...
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Barber Shaving Man in Moon's Barber Shop

Date: 04 1954
Description: A barber is shaving a man in Moon's Barber Shop. The man sitting in the chair getting the shave is wearing hip waders. A large mirror is on the wall in the...
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Boot Removal at Cecil's Boot Ranch

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Description: A coiffed blonde woman wearing shorts and a jersey is sitting in a chair with her left bare foot on the back of owner Cecil Burke, who is standing with her...
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Sid Boyum on his Toonerville Trolley

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Description: View across the backyard of 237 Waubesa St. looking at Sid Boyum standing on the back of his wooden trolley, "Toonerville". Sid has a corncob pipe in his m...
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Post-Pagoda Rewards for Sid and Friends

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Description: Sid and his friends celebrating at a restaurant after installing the roof for the pagoda in Sid's backyard. Russell Pratt Mecalf is 2nd from right raising ...
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Man Sitting in the Gisholt Darkroom

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Description: A man, wearing a suit and a bow tie, is sitting in a chair in the Gisholt darkroom next to a print dryer.
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Walter Naef Making Clocks

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Description: Walter Naef sitting at a table working on clocks. Clocks of many types and sizes, including grandfather clocks, are displayed around him.
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Audience for a Beauty Pageant

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Description: Formally dressed audience members are watching a beauty pageant in a smoky beer hall. The men are wearing suits with ties; the women are wearing dresses an...
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Dinner Party in a Mid-Century Modern Home

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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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