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Drawing

Paint Palette with Sid Portrait

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Description: Mixed media advertisement of a hand-drawn painter's palette with brushes and swatches of paint against a black background, with the text: "Sid Boyum Graphi...
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Sid Boyum airbrushed photograph of a baby bottle in an electric bottle warmer.
Print

"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."
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustrative art of dominoes falling in an "S" curve.
Drawing

Safety First

Date: 1959
Description: Drawing of an abstract shape in red, yellow, black and blue. It reads: "To You, Safety First, In 1959, Is A Personal Problem."
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Playful illustration art of a dog bowing down, tail wagging.
Painting

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustrative art of machine operator working with a turret.
Print

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Black ink mechanical of a qraphic design for Gisholt Machine Company brand labeling and advertising.
Drawing

Machine Part

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Description: Illustration of a machine part. On the left is a white dashed outline of a hammer hitting encased ball bearings at the end of a cylinder.
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Machinist cooling a six-sided turret head at Gisholt Machine Company.
Drawing

Color Spectrum of Panchromatic and Ortho Film

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Description: Sid's illustration showing the range of infrared and ultraviolet radiation and the color sensitivity of Panchromatic and Ortho films compared to human visi...
Drawing

Illustration on Photography and Light Control

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Description: Sid's illustration showing the relationship between film, a camera lens and the light controls for aperture and shutter speed in photography.
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of an engineer wearing work clothes and introducing a Gisholt Machine Company turret lathe.
Painting

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of a gyroscope on a black speckled background with dashed white lines extending in six directions from the center. Lower right-hand corner...
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of an unmarked delivery van. All corners are rounded and the cab is more flat-fronted on added overlay than original drawn underneath. The...
Print

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Color illustration art of a machine operator working on a six-arm turret. He is wearing a billed cap and safety goggles.
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Text graphic on paper that reads: "Why Use Seven Men to do the work of ONE." Reproduction instructions are written in pencil underneath.
Book or Pamphlet

Ice Chippers Invitation

Date: 1957
Description: Invitation for Ice Chippers, an ice fishing club of Gisholt Machine Company, to a farewell dinner for Albert LaGrille. The date of the event is January 17,...
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustrative pen-and-ink art showing ships on water. The panoramic view details different types and sizes of maritime vessels. Printer's annotations in gra...
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of candling an egg. On a black background, the bright flame at the end of a tapered candle on the left illuminates a right hand holding up...

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