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Martha & Emma Schroeder Gravestone

Date: 10 1974
Description: Outdoor portrait of Bernice (Boyum) Bergner standing behind a gravestone for her aunt Martha W. and her mother Emma M. Schroeder Boyum in the Hillside Ceme...
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Sid Shooting Pool

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Description: Sid Boyum, with a cigar in his mouth, "shoots" pool with a rifle at a local bar.
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Walt Handford Retirement Party

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Description: Sid Boyum presenting Walt Handford of Gisholt Machine Company with a signed piece of artwork at Walt's retirement party.
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Emma Boyum with Birthday Cake

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Description: Emma Boyum, Sid's mother, is sitting in a rocking chair in a living room. A birthday cake with candles is on a small table in front of her.
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Emma Boyum Blowing Candles on Birthday Cake

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Description: Emma Boyum, Sid's mother, is sitting in a rocking chair in a living room. She is blowing out the candles on a birthday cake which is on a small table in fr...
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."
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Sid Sitting on Toilet

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Description: Self-portrait of Sid Boyum using a slave unit for the flash. He is wearing a shirt and necktie sitting on a toilet with his pants around his ankles. He is ...
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Ducks Unlimited Dinner

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Description: Group of Ducks Unlimited group members, including Sid Boyum with his arm in the air, sitting at a large table in the Cherokee Cabin hunting lodge located i...
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Cutout of Sid's Head

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Description: Cutout of Sid's head. He has a cigar in house mouth, and he is looking up.
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Sid Sitting on Toilet

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Description: Self-portrait of Sid Boyum using a slave unit for a flash. He is wearing a shirt and necktie sitting on a toilet with his pants down around his ankles. He ...
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Pontalba Hearse at House on the Rock

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Description: The Pontalba Hearse, made of carved wood displayed behind a fence. This image was used in the original brochure for the House on the Rock.
Drawing

Giraffe

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Description: Profile drawing of a giraffe standing with its eyes closed. At the top, text reads, "The high•balls are on me!"; at the bottom, "Buy Your Own."
Poster

"Opinions Are Like Aholes . . ."

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Description: Text in large red lettering reads: "Opinions Are Like Aholes, Everybody Has One!" over an amorphous shape of a person's rear end.
Poster

"We Wish You A Whoopin' Heller Happy Holidays"

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Description: A large printed cut-out of Santa Claus is pasted beside red letters that read: "We Wish You A Whoopin' Heller Happy Holidays."
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Alex Jordan at House on the Rock

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Description: Alex Jordan, creator of House on the Rock, eating and drinking with a group of men sitting around a table.
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Fisherman Posing Outdoors on Picnic Bench

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Description: A fisherman is posing on a picnic bench with his fishing rod in his hand and wearing fishing boots.
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John Cato, Shriner

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Description: Waist-up profile portrait of John Cato, a Shriner, seated in Sid Boyum's kitchen. Cato is wearing a top hat, Shriner medallions, and a collar.
Poster

"Sex is a Misdemeanor . . ."

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Description: Text in red lettering reads: "Sex is a Misdemeanor, The More You Miss The Meaner You Get." The words "miss" and "meaner" are underlined.
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Sid on Ladder of Box Car

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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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Gisholt Machine on Man's Head

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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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