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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.
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."
Photograph

Sid Going Through the Wringer

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Description: Sid in darkroom with a cigar in his mouth, rolling a miniature, printed cut-out version of himself through a photographic print wringer in a darkroom. Sid ...
Photograph

Post-Pagoda Rewards for Sid and Friends

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Description: Sid and his friends celebrating at a restaurant after installing the roof for the pagoda in Sid's backyard. Russell Pratt Mecalf is 2nd from right raising ...
Photograph

Sid and James Fraser Statue

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Description: Sid posing with a cigar in his mouth while holding an umbrella above his head. He is standing next to the James Fraser bronze statue of a horse with an exh...
Drawing

Drawing of Sid on $100 Bill

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Description: Portrait of Sid with a cigar in his mouth on a $100 bill. On the left is a drawing of a cow's mouth, ears and horns around the "Federal Reserve Bank" seal....
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Sid Skiing Christmas Card

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Description: Composite of two images: one a photograph of a rock, the other a cutout photograph of Sid on skis. The image is depicting Sid flying through the air on sno...
Drawing

Christmas Greeting Card with Sid

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Description: Composite image of a photograph of Sid superimposed on a drawing. Created for a one-fold, copy art Christmas greeting card, the graphic shows Sid sitting o...
Drawing

Christmas Card with Sid and Pig - outside

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Description: Outside art and text of two-fold, copy-art Christmas card of a silhouetted pig on the top and a portrait of Sid at the bottom. Sid wears a cowboy hat on hi...
Photograph

Caveman Sid

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Description: View of Sid, with a cigar in his mouth and holding a club, sitting on an animal-skin rug outdoors in what may be a quarry. He is wearing a rag mop on his h...
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."
Photograph

Sid Wins World Champion Liar

Date: 1976
Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid Boyum in his backyard proudly holding a medal he won for an entry to the Burlington Liars Club in 1976. The entry read: "During a ...
Print

Christmas Card

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Description: Four-fold, copy art Christmas card made by Sid with two photographs of damaged commercial buildings after a fire. In one image, Sid stands on the slushy st...
Book or Pamphlet

Christmas Card with Sid Using a Trowel

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Description: Four-fold, cover with line drawing of a trowel topped by a star standing upright on a broken brick. Inside is a photograph of Sid using a trowel pointing a...
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.
Photograph

Sid on Christmas Card

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Description: Composite of photographs and hand-drawn elements with text for a humorous Christmas card. Sid is depicted pulling dissected pieces of himself together. He ...
Drawing

"Keep It Under Your Hat!"

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Description: Portrait of Sid wearing a top hat and with a cigar in his mouth. A bird is sticking its head out of the top of the hat. Machine parts and factory whistles ...

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