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"Tall White Lantern"

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Description: Asian-styled, cast-concrete sculpture identified as "Tall White Lantern" in Sid Boyum's front yard, standing by the steps leading up to the front porch. Th...
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Buddha Sculpture Inside Lantern Sculpture

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Description: Sid's lantern sculpture with a Buddha sculpture inside is surrounded by trees and plants. The sculpture is called "Three-Tiered Tower." The Madison-Kipp Co...
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Sid's Sculpture in Backyard

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Description: Sid's sculpture of faces and human bodies, identified as "Tree Spirits" partially covered by plastic, in his backyard. The Madison-Kipp Corporation factory...
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Japanese Tea Pavilion

Date: 02 1970
Description: Japanese Tea Pavilion with an Oriental Ground Lantern and "Closed Abstraction in White" in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Painted Plow in Sid's Backyard

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Description: A plow with handles, plowshare and hitch is painted with multicolored design of spirals, dots and chevrons. A red concrete lantern is on the left, and leaf...
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Sea Horse Sculpture

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Description: White horse sculpture with fish tail on a base of swirling water forms, in front of the Astrolabe and a medium-sized white lantern in Sid's backyard.
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Japanese Tea Pavilion and the Arch

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Description: Japanese Tea Pavilion, a large arch, an Oriental Ground Lantern and other sculptures in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Pavilion Roof in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Red and yellow pavilion roof sitting on the ground in Sid's backyard. Two children are playing with the water pump near the back porch.
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Bodhisattva of Compassion and Mercy

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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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Front View of Sid's House

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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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Sid Sitting on of "Toonerville"

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Description: View of Sid sitting in his backyard on the back of his trolley car, "Toonerville," holding a stick in his hand and pretending to fish. Sid is wearing a lar...
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Gnome-Face Sculpture

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Description: Blue-green, pear-shaped sculpture on a round base with three limb-shapes on top in Sid Boyum's backyard. The face is painted in natural colors with incise...
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"Biomorphic Form with Anchor"

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Description: Orange sculpture identified as "Biomorphic Form with Anchor" in Sid Boyum's backyard. It is standing on a blue rectangular base. Also pictured are the "Blu...
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Gisholt Workers Posing with Safety Sign

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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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Sid with "Gnome"

Date: 1990
Description: Sid posing with the "Gnome" sculpture in his backyard, hand resting on its head. Holding a signature cigar in his mouth, he is wearing a dark beret, a shor...
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Sid with Toonerville in Winter

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Description: Sid standing in his snowy backyard looking at his wooden trolley, Toonerville, which has been covered with plastic for the winter. Some of Sid's sculptures...
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Sid Reading Newspaper in his Backyard

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Description: Sid sitting on a stool on top of his "Hippopotamus" sculpture in his backyard at 237 Waubesa Street. He has a cigar in his mouth and is reading a newspaper...
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Man Posing with Fishing Rod and Waders

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Description: View of Stan Hamre, laying along the concrete sidewalk at the foot of Sid Boyum's front porch steps, with one of his legs resting on one of the steps. He ...
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Man Posing with Fishing Rod and Waders

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Description: View of Stan Hamre laying along the concrete sidewalk at the foot of Sid Boyum's front porch steps, with one leg resting up on the steps. He is partially l...
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Red and Purple Demon

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Description: High-relief, concrete-cast sculpture of a winged, four-armed gargoyle in Sid's backyard. The mouth is gaping with white fangs. Its upper body and head are ...

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