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Fiddle Player

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Description: Man playing fiddle in the kitchen of a house.
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Gisholt Dynetric Balancer

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Description: Gisholt Dynetric balancer, probably used to test the machines.
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Drawing of Insect in Garden

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Description: Imaginative insect crouched in a fantastical garden among flowers and plants.
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Drawing of Nude Woman

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Description: Black line drawing with color of the backside of a nude woman with short red hair.
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Man with Horse Sculpture

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Description: Portrait of a man standing behind a horse sculpture.
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Cat on Back of Sofa

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Description: A cat is lying on the back of a sofa.
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Sid and Geese over Lake Mendota

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Description: Painting of Sid, wearing a hat, waders, and a coat, gazing up at a group of geese flying over Lake Mendota. A fishing rod is lying on the ice near a fishin...
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Emma Boyum

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Description: Emma Marie Boyum (nee Schroeder), mother of Sid Boyum, sitting in a large chair on the front porch of her home at 237 Waubesa Street on the east side of Ma...
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Contact Printer at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Contact printer in closed position with suspended weight laced through pulley. This printer was in the photography lab at Gisholt Machine Company, when Sid...
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Emma Boyum Standing Outdoors

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Description: Waist-up view of Emma Boyum, Sid's mother, standing outdoors. She is wearing a scarf around her head. There are plants and trees behind her, and buildings ...
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Sid Boyum with Sculpture in Backyard

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Description: Waist-up view of Sid standing in his backyard next to a large sculpture inspired by South Asian styles. The yard is shaded by trees and shrubs. Part of ano...
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Sid Boyum on his Toonerville Trolley

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Description: View across the backyard of 237 Waubesa St. looking at Sid Boyum standing on the back of his wooden trolley, "Toonerville". Sid has a corncob pipe in his m...
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Sid Sitting Near Fireplace

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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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Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: View of Sid Boyum's backyard, with an arch, pagoda, and sculptures among shrubs and trees. There is an empty pond under the arch. The Madison-Kipp Corporat...
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Sid and Four Men Sitting Outdoors

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Description: Sid and other four men sitting together on a bench under trees. Two of the men have cameras.
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Sid with Sister in Group Portrait

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Description: Group portrait of Sid and his sister Bernice standing with three other men and two women in front of a white clapboard house. Two of the men are wearing mi...
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Sid Fishing on Pier

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Description: View across water towards Sid, with a cigar in his mouth, sitting on a chair on a pier and fishing in a lake. The far shoreline is in the background.
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Sid Taking Photographs

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Description: Sid standing behind a tripod taking photographs. A man is sitting in the center, surrounded by a group of men and women.
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Photobooth Strip of Sid

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Description: Four quarter-length portraits made in a photo booth of Sid wearing a suit and tie. He is posing with different expressions in each frame.
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Man Helping Sid Install Torii Gate

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Description: Sid and a man erecting the torii gate in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background behind a chain-link fence.

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