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Cardboard Box and Paper Clipping of Fish

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Description: An image of a fish cut-out, a trout, from a piece of paper is propped on top of a cardboard box.
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House on the Rock

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Description: Elevated view of House on the Rock. Some of the view is obscured by trees growing in and around the roof of the walkway.
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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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House on the Rock Board of Directors

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Description: Alex Jordan and the board of directors for posing for a group portrait at House on the Rock.
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Walkway Entrance to House on the Rock

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Description: A sundial on the walkway shows the time around sunset at the entrance to the main house at House on the Rock.
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Sid Reaching for Cigar

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Description: View looking down at Sid's arm reaching through the empty bottom of a cigar box to pick a cigar off the sidewalk.
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Three Men in Doorway

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Description: Three men standing in a doorway. All three men are wearing suits and hats, and two of them are wearing overcoats.
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View from median strip across East Washington Avenue towards the Gisholt Factory. In the far background is the Wisconsin Sate Capitol.
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Gisholt Duke

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Description: Waist-up portrait of a mechanic at Gisholt. He is wearing work clothes, a hat and a pair of safety glasses.
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Gisholt Machine Company Sales Material

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Description: Drawing depicting a man with a moustache, eyeglasses, and a safari hat smoking a pipe above the words "Gisholt Sales Safari."
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Paintings on Walls

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Description: In a corner of the upstairs bedroom (Sid's house) there are a number of painting works with different sizes and themes hanging on the wall.
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Men Working in Gisholt Machine Company Factory

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Description: Group of men operating a machine suspended on chains attached to a crane inside the Gisholt factory.
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Gisholt Film Event

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Description: View from front of room towards a group of men sitting down to watch a film together at the Gisholt factory.
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Boy Playing Marbles

Date: 1940
Description: A boy is crouching on the ground playing a game of marbles outdoors in the dirt. In the background is a building with an open doorway.
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A Railroad Coaling Tower

Date: 1940
Description: View alongside railroad tracks towards a railroad coaling tower. Railroad cars are on another set of tracks on the left. A locomotive is on the center set ...
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Steam Locomotive

Date: 1940
Description: View towards a steam locomotive coming down one of a set of five railroad tracks at a railroad crossing. A group of locomotives are parked in the backgroun...
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Allegiance Painting

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Description: A sign titled: "It's great to be an American!" includes an eagle symbol, American national flags, and the Pledge of Allegiance, hanging on the wall inside ...
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Sid Looking at Photography Exhibit

Date: 12 1972
Description: Sid looking at a "Storyville" photograph by E. J. Bellocq at an exhibition. He is wearing a brown fedora with buckled band and feather.
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Sid with Sculpture of Viking Troll

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Description: Sid standing in his kitchen looking at a sculpture of a Viking troll set up on a stool.

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