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Sid Posing in Darkroom

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Description: Sid standing in a print drying room adjacent to a darkroom (likely at Gisholt). He wears trousers and a tie, and is holding his pipe in his right hand. A p...
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Sid Holding a Trout

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Description: Portrait of Sid standing and holding up a trout in his hands. Both Sid and the trout have an unlit cigar in their mouths. Sid's nails are stained, probably...
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Sid Pretending to Fall in the Darkroom

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Description: Sid simulating falling in the darkroom with a rather awkward posture. He is sitting on a stool with his legs up in the air, and is pretending to hold somet...
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Sid Posing in Gisholt Darkroom

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Description: Portrait of Sid posing in the Gisholt darkroom while smoking a cigar. He is sitting in a chair and is wearing a ripped, button up white shirt with a bow ti...
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Sid Going Through the Wringer

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Description: Sid in darkroom with a cigar in his mouth, rolling a miniature, printed cut-out version of himself through a photographic print wringer in a darkroom. Sid ...
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Sid Sleeping on the Job

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Description: Sid sleeping on the floor near a desk in the darkroom at Gisholt with a cigar in his mouth. His legs are crossed and his head is resting on a cardboard box...
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Sid Waking Up at Work

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Description: Sid is holding a cigar in his hand while sitting on the floor in the darkroom at the Gisholt Factory on a piece of paper near a sink, looking as if he just...
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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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Woman in Gisholt Darkroom

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Description: A woman is posing as if she is ready to throw a box of dry mounting tissue while standing in the Gisholt darkroom.
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Woman Posing in Gisholt Darkroom

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Description: A woman is posing in profile as if she is ready to throw a box of dry mounting tissue while standing in the Gisholt darkroom.
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Man Reclining on Desk at Gisholt

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Description: Portrait of a man reclining with his head on his arms on top of a desk in the darkroom area at the Gisholt offices. Behind him on a windowsill is a desk na...
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"Tiger Woman"

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of "Tiger Woman." Sitting on a stool before a white wall, the long-haired model states straight at Sid, the photographer.
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"Tiger Woman"

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Description: Full-length, black-and-white portrait of "Tiger Woman," a female model posing nude against a black paper backdrop. She is painted like a tiger with striped...
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Gisholt Sausage Machine

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Description: A piece of equipment known as a sausage machine set on a white backdrop at Gisholt.
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Gisholt Dynetric Machine

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Description: The Gisholt Dynetric machine set up on a table with a backdrop.
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Portrait of Dorothy Wolf

Date: 1950
Description: Waist-up portrait of Dorothy Wolf posing sitting in a chair in Sid Boyum's studio.
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Portrait of Woman Sitting in Darkroom

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Description: Portrait of Bea Walusiak Heitmeyer wearing a dress and sitting in the darkroom.
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Bea Eating in Gisholt Machine Company Darkroom

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Description: Bea Walusiak Heitmeyer is sitting and eating in the darkroom of the Gisholt Machine factory. On the table in the foreground is a thermos, coffee cup, wrapp...
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"Tiger Woman"

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Description: Nude woman with body painting eating a plate of strawberries and whipped cream. Sitting on a stool in a garage, she is painted like a tiger, with stripes c...
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Group Portrait of Sid's Family

Date: 1915
Description: Group portrait of Sid's family: Severt and his mother (?), with Sid in the center, and his younger sister Bernice on the woman's lap.

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