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Imperial Hotel Reflecting Pool

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Description: Reflecting pool and sculptures in front of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan. The hotel was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Spherical Sculpture

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Description: Spherical sculpture that was part of the architecture at the Imperial Hotel,Tokyo, Japan. The hotel was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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National Fishing Hall of Fame

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Description: View of the giant walk-through musky and other oversized fish at the National Fishing Hall of Fame. A small group of people is visible in the mouth of the ...
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Juan Almeida Bosque on a Picnic in Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: Juan Almeida Bosque, operating chief of the Cuban airforce, and a small group having a picnic in the countryside of Cuba. Three soldiers in fatigues are si...
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Shrine for Police Officers, Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: Shrine for police officers in Cuba one year after the Cuban Revolution. The shrine is a blue plaster enclosure with a white-framed glass door. Inside is a...
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Oversized Music Box at House on the Rock

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Description: Large glass fronted case filled with instruments. A young girl is sitting on the front of the case which is in the main house. One of several photographs u...
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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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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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"Wisconsin" Statue on Top of the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 11 1990
Description: Close-up of the statue "Wisconsin," created by Daniel Chester French and situated on top of the dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol, immediately after clea...
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"Feminine Torso" Sculpture

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Description: Sculpture "Feminine Torso" in Sid's backyard. There is a hand pump in the foreground on the left.
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Book Man Sculpture

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Description: High relief sculpture of a man in an academic robe clutching a book to his chest, standing against a fence. In the background is the house next door and Ma...
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Japanese Tea Pavilion and the Arch

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Description: Japanese Tea Pavilion, a large arch, an Oriental Ground Lantern and other sculptures in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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"Blue Tripod" and "African-Influenced Sculpture"

Date: 09 1980
Description: Tall cast-concrete sculpture identified as "Blue Tripod" in Sid's backyard near a fence. It measures 104" x 31" x 54". An abstract fish-like form identifie...
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"Live in Fear" Arch

Date: 09 1977
Description: Unpainted wooden Japanese torii gate and a side view of sculptural arch of a standing old man in Sid's backyard. The man, with a prodigious nose, big blue ...
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Sid in his Backyard

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Description: View across lawn towards Sid, standing and wearing a Japanese kimono and near the large arch, the Japanese Tea Pavilion and other lantern sculptures in his...
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World Food Exposition

Date: 09 1967
Description: Men and women standing or walking the grounds outside of the Alliant Energy Center during the World Food Expo. A large globe of the Earth is just outside t...
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The Pioneers

Date: 06 1971
Description: Bronze statue of a standing man pointing off into the distance, with his wife sitting beside him holding a baby in her lap. The statue sits on a stone plat...
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Bessie the Cow

Date: 1967
Description: Rear view of a man kneeling on the ground while taking a photograph of his wife and son who are posing in front of a large fiberglass statue of a brown and...

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