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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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Violin Carousel at House on the Rock

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Description: A Mills Violano Virtuoso adds frets and strings to violins. This image was used in the original House on the Rock brochure.
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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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Carousel Horse

Date: 08 1976
Description: Large, plastic molded plaque of a carousel horse mounted on a decorated, wooden background. The relief, supported by a child on the stairs of Sid's house, ...
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Whittling

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Description: Close-up view of a man sitting in a chair and whittling an animal figure.
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Man Whittling

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Description: Man sitting on a rocking chair in a yard whittling in a rocking chair in front of a log cabin that has a sign reading: "Elwood." Lanterns and antlers are h...
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Wood Carving at the Logging Congress

Date: 09 1976
Description: A man is carving a face onto a log using a chainsaw. Other men are looking at chainsaws displayed on a pile of birch tree logs. A sign on a trailer behind ...
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Chainsaw Carving

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Description: A man is posing with a number of his wood carvings. He is wearing a shirt and face-shield advertising Echo chainsaws. A chainsaw is sitting on top of a log...
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Carving a Wood Owl with a Chainsaw

Date: 09 1976
Description: A man is bracing himself on a log while using a chainsaw to carve an owl out of a log.

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