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Sid Standing in Hole for Torii Gate

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Description: Sid is standing in the hole he has dug in the ground for the torii gate.
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Sid in front of Sanchez Photo

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Description: View from street of Sid standing on the sidewalk in front of the Sanchez Photo portrait studio at 11 North Pinckney Street. A large photograph of Sid smoki...
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Sid Posing on Stone Wall in Cemetery

Date: 1961
Description: View of Sid posing sitting with his feet up on the stone wall at the entrance to a cemetery with a July 1961 calendar under his arm and a cigar in his mout...
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Sid Holding "Fire Sale Soon" Sign

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Description: Sid dressed in a suit and tie standing outdoors holding a sheet of paper that reads: "Fire Sale Soon" in front of an unknown building which during a fire. ...
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Sculpture Pieces in Backyard

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Description: Sculpture pieces are stacked in Sid's backyard near a building, probably the Japanese Tea Pavilion, which is painted red and yellow.
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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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Mill House Entrance

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of an exterior view of the Mill House, with stone work and wooden architectural roof framing. Cedars flank the entry, planted ...
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Bamboo Wind Chimes

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of the Garden Room at The House on the Rock. In the foreground, orange bamboo wind chimes are hanging against a yellow stone w...
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Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1976
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on May 1, 1976 with Sid's caption: "The Atwood-Ave Clean Fresh Water An...
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Front End of Bob Bender's Cab

Date: 1977
Description: Front end view of Bob Bender's flagship cab named "Nellie," a shiny black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood, at the Dane County Regional Airport. The straight on ang...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski...
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Man Posing with Fishing Rod and Waders

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Description: View of Carl Vogt leaning against the corner of a concrete block building holding up a fishing rod and raising his right leg. He is wearing hip waders, wit...
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"Geometric with Round Window"

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Description: Towering abstract sculpture of cast concrete mortar on a square base, identified as "Geometric with Round Window," near the side of a house. It is composed...
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"Geometric with Round Window"

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Description: Towering abstract sculpture of cast concrete mortar on a square base, identified as "Geometric with Round Window," near the side of a house. It is composed...
Drawing

Red Sculptural Cask

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of a red sculptural cask at The House on the Rock, similar to those made by Alex Jordan. It is sitting on a pedestal center to...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Successful relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Hos...
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"Sphinx" and "Guardian Lion"

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Description: Finished concrete-cast sculpture, "Sphinx," in Sid Boyum's backyard. It's body is brown and it has an Egyptian Pharaoh-styled headdress with blue stripes, ...
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"Blue Dragon Urn" Relocation Project

Date: 05 2000
Description: Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, preparing the new concrete foundation for the "Blue Dragon Urn," which was relocated from Sid Boyum's backyard to the pu...
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"Monumental Oriental Head"

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Description: Large concrete-cast sculpture painted red and titled "Monumental Oriental Head" of a Cambodian-styled Buddha with heavily textured light-colored hair and t...
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"Blue Dragon Urn" Relocation Project

Date: 05 2000
Description: Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, standing by the "Smiling Mushroom" and a new concrete foundation that he poured for the "Blue Dragon Urn." Both sculptur...

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