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Sid Costumed as Hitler

Date: 1939
Description: Portrait of Sid Boyum with his mouth open as if speaking. He is dressed as Adolf Hitler and has a fake moustache.
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Sid Boyum Directing Video

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Description: Sid Boyum, at right in the director's chair, and a Gisholt executive on the left. They are sitting while working on a Gisholt film.
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Sid Boyum as Spencer Tracy

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Sid Boyum costumed as Spencer Tracy. He is wearing a hat, neck tie, and jacket.
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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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Sid with Hat and Boots

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Description: Portrait of Sid sitting on a bed with boots on his hands, and a coat and a hat. The fur-lining of his coat surrounds his face.
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Sid in Conference Room at Gisholt

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Description: Portrait of Sid, wearing a suit and sitting in a chair in a Gisholt conference room with his hand on his chin.
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Sid and Two Friends in a Tavern

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Description: Sid and two friends in tavern. (Possibly related to Ducks, Unlimited.) The man sitting on the left has a neck tie decorated with ducks. Sid's nails are sta...
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Sid with Three Friends at a Bar

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Description: View from behind a bar of Sid, in center wearing a hat, standing with friends who are sitting at the bar. Sid's nails are stained, probably with pyrogallol...
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Sid Standing with Colleague

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Description: Sid and a colleague standing in what appears to be a work area. Sid is leaning back, while holding a pair of eyeglasses in his right hand and grasping his ...
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Sid and Colleagues with Arms in the Air

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Description: Sid standing between two Gisholt colleagues with his arms raised holding their right arms aloft. The two colleagues are holding drinks, and all three men a...
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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 Sitting Near Fireplace

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Description: Sid, wearing thermal underwear, is sitting in an upholstered chair in front of a fireplace, and holding his sock aloft. He is holding a cigar in his left h...
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Sid with Smoking Trout

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid with an unlit cigar in his mouth, holding up a trout in both hands. The trout has a cigar stuck in its mouth. The area around the ...
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Sid with Clay Model of Sambo

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Description: Sid posing with a clay model of Sambo, one of the Milwaukee County Zoo's gorillas during the 1950s. Sid is wearing a suit and has a cigar in his mouth. Beh...
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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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Sid Reading Newspaper in his Backyard

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Description: Sid sitting on a stool on top of his "Hippopotamus" sculpture in his backyard at 237 Waubesa Street. He has a cigar in his mouth and is reading a newspaper...
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Sid in his Backyard Garden

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Description: View across Sid's backyard, with Sid standing and wearing a Japanese kimono near one of his Japanese lanterns and a gate. In the background behind a fence ...
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Sid Holding Shotgun on Toonerville Trolley

Date: 04 21 1974
Description: Portrait by photo journalist, Edwin Stein, of Sid in his backyard standing on the back of the Toonerville Trolley holding a shotgun. Sid is wearing a large...
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Sid Standing with Chamber Pot at End of the Rainbow

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Description: Outdoor view of Sid standing in the snow looking at an outhouse. He is holding a chamber pot at the end of the rainbow. A half moon symbol has been drawn o...
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Portrait of Sid and his son Steve

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Sid and his son, Steve Boyum, standing on the grass with a picnic table and what may be a lake in the background.

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