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Sid Boyum in Ripon

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Description: View across lawn towards Sid Boyum sitting on the steps of the meeting house where the Republican Party held its first meeting in Ripon.
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House on the Rock Board of Directors

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Description: Alex Jordan and the board of directors for posing for a group portrait at House on the Rock.
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Madison Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 1969
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Madison Drum and Bugle Corps in uniform. The group is posing on the field at Warner Park with bleachers in the background.
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Badger Liquor Shop

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Description: Elevated view across the street of the Badger Liquor Shop at the intersection of State and Gorham Streets. People are standing and sitting along the curb i...
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Ice Chippers Dinner

Date: 1961
Description: A woman is standing and serving dinner to men sitting at long tables at the Ice Chippers meeting. Posters are taped to the wall behind the group, and inclu...
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Sid Boyum Painting a Mural

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Description: Sid Boyum painting a Works Progress Administration (WPA) mural of a toy shop. The 1940 census lists Sid as an artist/government worker for the Toy Loan Pro...
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Gisholt Management Club

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Description: Sid Boyum wearing a hat with a sign for Gisholt attached to the front. Sid is standing and speaking at a Gisholt management club meeting. Men are sitting a...
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Display for Madison Toy Loan

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Description: Display for the Madison Toy Loan program, set up in the corner of an industrial building. Signs for the display read: "Madison Toy Loan takes toys, like th...
Drawing

War Mongers and Uncle Sam

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Description: A fat, bald headed man representing "War Mongers" is binding a cloth around the eyes of Uncle Sam, who is holding a U.S. Flag and is attempting to continue...
Drawing

"The Candidate"

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Description: Drawing of a bull with a ring through its nose. The bull is excreting feces. Below the text reads: "The Candidate."
Drawing

"Arms for Sale"

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Description: Profile portrait of bald-headed man wearing a pair of eyeglasses with a cannon in place of his nose. At the top the text reads: "Arms For Sale," and at the...
Drawing

Soldier and Missile

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Description: Drawing of a soldier, wearing a backpack and a helmet that covers his eyes, sitting next to a missile, labeled "HATE." In the sky is the word: "POLITICS." ...
Photograph

Portrait of Gov. Knowles and Unidentified People

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Description: Portrait of Gov. Knowles sitting at his desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol signing a piece of paper. Behind him is standing a young woman wearing a dress ...
Photograph

Allegiance Painting

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Description: A sign titled: "It's great to be an American!" includes an eagle symbol, American national flags, and the Pledge of Allegiance, hanging on the wall inside ...
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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.
Drawing

"No Draft Press"

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Description: Cartoon drawing of a man standing in profile, sweating while working at a commercial pants pressing machine marked: "No Draft Press." He holds out a card t...
Poster

Reagan Poster

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Description: A cartoon line drawing in black of Ronald Reagan in profile, as a caricature, with the text, in red that reads: "I don't want Carter's job America needs a ...
Poster

Jimmy Carter Caricature

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Description: Black-line head-and-shoulders caricature of President Jimmy Carter, with over-sized grin. Text reads: "But - I am my brother's keeper."
Poster

Panama Canal Poster

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Description: Text reads: "A politician buys* Somebody a shovel and then he wants all the credit for digging the Panama Canal. *With your taxes." Three shovels are drawn...
Poster

"Debate? I Want a Tax Rebate"

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Description: Written in thick red letters, text reads: "Debate? I want a tax rebate."

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