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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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City's All It's Cracked Up to Be

Date: 04 06 1975
Description: View of the 2800 block of Atwood Avenue showing the condition of the sidewalk. Show three sets of people's legs walking toward a large hole and cracks in t...
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Sid on Back of Fire Engine

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Description: View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. In the background are storefronts destroyed by fire and cov...
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Sid Looking at Fire Damaged Storefronts

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Description: View of Sid standing in the street with a cigar in his mouth looking at damaged storefronts covered with icicles. Snow and ice cover the sidewalk, and a fi...
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Sid Posing with Elephant

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Description: View down sidewalk towards Sid, wearing a white coat, white hat, and boots, standing beside an elephant while holding a shovel in his right hand with his r...
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Sid Posing with Elephant Sitting on Bench

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Description: View across sidewalk towards Sid standing and holding a shovel while posing next to an elephant sitting on a bench outdoors. Sid is wearing a white coat, w...
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Sid Posing with Elephant

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Description: View down sidewalk towards Sid, wearing a white coat, white hat, and boots, standing beside an elephant while holding a shovel in his right hand with his r...
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Sid Posing with Elephant Sitting on Bench

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Description: View across sidewalk towards Sid standing and holding a shovel while posing next to an elephant sitting on a bench outdoors. Sid is wearing a white coat, w...
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Sid on Snow Skis

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Description: View from lawn towards Sid standing on skis in a driveway, lifting up one of the ski poles. Sid is wearing a coat, hat, and shoes, and has a cigar in his m...
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Sid Posing on Stone Wall in Cemetery

Date: 1961
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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Sid Posing on Stone Wall in Cemetery

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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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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Man with Shotgun Hunting

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Description: Al Dvorak with a shotgun walking on a road. Snow is on the ground.
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Man and Woman Posing on Sidewalk

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Description: A man and a woman standing and posing together on a sidewalk near State and Gorham Streets. (Oscar Mayer's Coolerator store was located at 401-05 State Str...
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Cecil's Sandals and Boot Ranch

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Description: Grand opening of Cecil's Sandals. Judy Pellett, daughter of Cecil Burke and Isabel Burke,founders of Cecil’s Sandals, is wearing shorts and sandals and is ...
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Frankie Ray American Auto Dare Devil

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Description: A man is standing on the top of a racing car and posing as if the car is in motion. The man is wearing a white jumpsuit with patches on the chest, eyeglass...
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Cecil's Boot Ranch

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Description: Portrait of Jerry Smotherman, an employee of Cecil's Sandals and Boot Ranch, sitting on a western saddle placed over the back of the Southeast Asian-styled...
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Cecil's Boot Ranch

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Description: A cowboy hat, a western saddle and a pair of cowboy boots produced by Cecil's Sandals on the Southeast Asian-styled "Guardian Lion" sculpture in Sid's back...

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