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"Did You Have the Right to Pick Your Own Parents"

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Description: Two-fold, printed card. Humorous front text reads, "Did you have the right to pick your own parents?" and is signed: "Sid Boyum."
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Portrait of Young Sid with U.S. Flags

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Sid Boyum holding two U.S. Flags.
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Capitol Dome

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Description: Dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Machinery at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Close-up of machinery at Gisholt factory.
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Machinery at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Close-up of machinery at Gisholt factory.
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Abstract Drawing

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Description: Abstract line drawing of a structure that appears to be among trees.
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Astrolabe

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Description: Astrolabe in Sid's backyard.
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Face Disk Sculpture

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Description: Face Disk sculpture outside Sid's house.
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Portrait of Sid Wearing Suit

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Description: Portrait of Sid wearing a suit.
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Steve Boyum Sitting in Hammock

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Description: Steve, Sid Boyum's son, sitting in a hammock. Two bottles of beer are on the table in the foreground.
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Sid Fishing on River

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Description: View from shoreline towards Sid Boyum fishing while standing on a pile of rocks near a river. Near Sid on the opposite shoreline is a collapsed building on...
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Gisholt Management Club

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Description: Sid Boyum wearing a hat with a sign for Gisholt attached to the front. Sid is standing and speaking at a Gisholt management club meeting. Men are sitting a...
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Man Ice Fishing

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Description: A man wearing boots and coat is sitting on a box on a sled. Behind him is a cloth (perhaps a wind break) with "S.E. BOYUM" printed on it. The man is holdin...
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Portrait of Margaret, Steve and Duke

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Sid's wife, Margaret and young Steve Boyum sitting with the family dog, Duke, on a wooden bench.
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Schaerer Machine

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Description: Side view of the Schaerer metalworking (?) machine.
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Sid in Khakis

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Description: Sid standing on a lawn outdoors wearing khakis.
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Emma Boyum

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Description: Emma Marie Boyum (nee Schroeder), mother of Sid Boyum, sitting in a large chair on the front porch of her home at 237 Waubesa Street on the east side of Ma...
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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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Tea Garden Card with Sid Boyum in Costume

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Description: Christmas card by Sid of himself standing in his backyard in the tea garden. Boyum, in grey kimono and straw conical hat and holding a small wooden keg, is...
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Portrait of Sid Fishing

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Sid Boyum holding a fishing rod and wearing a coat and hat, with a cigar in his mouth. He is standing on a path above a ri...

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