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Be One or Buy One!

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Description: Portrait of a drunk man with a large, red veiny nose and half-closed eyes. Text reads: "Be One or Buy One!" Signed "Sid Boyum."
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Sid Sitting on Couch Reading

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Description: Sid sitting on the couch in his living room.
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Sid Wearing Hat and Coat

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid wearing an overcoat and hat, with his signature cigar in his mouth.
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Portrait of Sid with Stringer of Fish

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Description: Full-length portrait of Sid standing on a lawn and holding a stringer of five fish.
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Face Disk

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Description: White face disk in Sid's backyard.
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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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Gisholt Machine Company Treasurer with Sid Boyum Art

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Description: The Gisholt Machine Company treasurer is standing and displaying a Sid Boyum drawing on top of a desk. The drawing was created for the treasurer in celebra...
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Margaret Boyum and Her Son

Date: 1940
Description: Portrait of Margaret Boyum, wearing a fur coat, standing on a porch holding the handle of a Taylor Tot stroller that her son, Steve Boyum, is sitting in.
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Portrait of John Boyum as Young Boy

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Description: Full-length portrait of John Boyum, Sid's brother, standing near a chair.
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Steve Boyum with Book

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Description: Steve sitting on a couch and reviewing the illustrations in a drawing book.
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Sid and His Son

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Description: Indoor portrait of Sid sitting with his son, Steve, in his lap. Behind them is a sink near a window.
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Sid and Twin-Lens Reflex

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Description: Close-up of Sid looking through the viewfinder of a twin-lens reflex.
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Man Helping Sid Install Torii Gate

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Description: Sid and a man are struggling to set the torii gate upright in Sid's backyard.
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Portrait of Sid Wearing Suit

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Description: Portrait of Sid wearing a suit. He is making a funny face and has his right eye closed while smoking a cigar.
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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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Percussion Rock from House on the Rock

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Description: Elevated view looking down towards Percussion Rock from House on the Rock. This image was used in a brochure for House on the Rock. Sid Boyum was on the bo...

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