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| Description: | Sculpture of Avalokiteshvara / Kannon / Guanyin (also known as the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy) in Sid's backyard. The figure depicted as either ma... |
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| Description: | View of 237 Waubesa Street. The "Tall White Lantern" sculpture is standing near the front steps of the porch. |
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| Description: | Sid looking up at the torii gate in his backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background behind a chain-link fence. |
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| Description: | Sid sitting on a couch reading a book in his living room amidst Asian furnishings and objects. |
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| Description: | A decorative clock with roman numerals on plates, signs of the zodiac, and other illustrations displayed on the kitchen wall of Sid's house. |
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| Description: | Workers posing outside a factory building at Gisholt Machine Company by a large sign for an employee contest that reads: "Safety Pays at Gisholt." The sign... |
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| Description: | Sid posing as a hobo, standing on a ladder on the back of a box car. He is wearing a wristwatch, and is looking over his left shoulder and carrying a bindl... |
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| Description: | Seated view of "Beach Ball Girl" holding an apple. |
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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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| Description: | Elevated view of two employees running the internal printing press of Gisholt Machine Company. They are printing product pamphlets. |
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| Description: | Two draftsmen in shirtsleeves working at drafting tables. A man is standing near the man in the center. What appear to be charts and a bookcase are in the ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two Gisholt workers operating machinery on the factory floor. They are wearing t-shirts and jeans or khaki work pants; both men have rags ... |
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| Description: | Funny portrait of a man looking up at a Gisholt machine resting on top of a his bald head. Below the round Gisholt trademark is the number 372-7306A. |
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| Description: | Drill press and static balancer set up in front of a dark backdrop. The factory ceiling is in the upper background. A plate on the front of the balancer re... |
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| Description: | Sid and some friends carrying the roof for his pagoda, ready to be installed. On the right with hand on hip is Sid's friend Russell Pratt Metcalf. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Gisholt factory, with exposed steel beams and large windows along the brick walls. On the left chains hang from hooks attached to beam... |
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| Description: | A man is welding on a large machine inside the Gisholt factory. On the right a crane is holding another section of the machine. |
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| Description: | Drawing depicting the Gisholt Sales Safari man lunging to catch an "Order" and dollar signs with a flyswatter. His hat is falling off his head. On the left... |
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| Description: | Robert Overman Hodgell, wearing a paisley shirt and eyeglasses, contemplating two wooden sculptures. The sculpture on the left is a headless, armless naked... |
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| Description: | View of interior of Sid's office with a number of paintings and other artworks framed and displayed on a wall in the corner of a room above a table with la... |
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