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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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Sid fishing near a pond

Date: 06 1957
Description: View of Sid fishing in tall grass at a pond or river. He is looking over his shoulder towards the camera.
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Sid Boyum Ice Fishing

Date: 1960
Description: Sid Boyum ice fishing on a lake. He is sitting on a chair near an ice fishing hut. On the left a car is parked with the trunk open. Other ice fishing huts ...
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Sid with Two Friends

Date: 01 1957
Description: Group portrait of Sid Boyum standing with two men inside a bar. Sid, on the left, has his arm up in the air, and his button-down shirt appears to be torn, ...
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Sid Looking at Photography Exhibit

Date: 12 1972
Description: Sid looking at a "Storyville" photograph by E. J. Bellocq at an exhibition. He is wearing a brown fedora with buckled band and feather.
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Sid in Moon's Barber Shop

Date: 04 1954
Description: Sid giving a man a shave in Moon's Barber Shop. Sid has a cigar in his mouth. The man sitting in the chair getting the shave is wearing hip waders. A large...
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Fisherman by Power House and Dam

Date: 06 1962
Description: Landscape photograph by Sid Boyum of a fisherman on the bank of Big Spring Creek near a power house and dam. The fisherman to the right blends into the bui...
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Sid with Colleagues at a Bar

Date: 01 1957
Description: Sid posing for group portrait with three male colleagues. Sid is wearing a suit, tie, and a hat, and is being hoisted up by a colleague standing behind him...
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Oil Painting of Autumn Scene

Date: 08 1976
Description: Photograph of an original oil painting of an autumn scene by Sid Boyum. The work shows a small, solitary man in dark greenish hat and coat using a walking ...
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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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Railroad Workers

Date: 1940
Description: Two men, railroad workers, fixing the wooden railroad ties. In the background are railroad cars on another set of railroad tracks.m
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Boy Playing Marbles

Date: 1940
Description: A boy is crouching on the ground playing a game of marbles outdoors in the dirt. In the background is a building with an open doorway.
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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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Madison Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 1969
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Madison Drum and Bugle Corps in uniform. The group is posing on the field at Warner Park with bleachers in the background.
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Portrait of Postal Carrier Carl Wagner

Date: 1972
Description: Portrait of the postal carrier Carl Wagner on the porch of Sid's house, displaying a Life magazine in his arms, and holding a stack of mail.
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Sid Holding Shotgun on Toonerville Trolley

Date: 04 21 1974
Description: Portrait by photo journalist, Edwin Stein, of Sid in his backyard standing on the back of the Toonerville Trolley holding a shotgun. Sid is wearing a large...
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Sid Sitting on Stone Wall at Cemetery

Date: 1961
Description: Sid is sitting on a stone wall looking out over a graveyard. He is wearing a hat and a checkered hunting jacket and has a cigar in his mouth. A stream of f...
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Steve Hopkins and Roger Debenham Posing with Trout

Date: 05 1973
Description: Steve Hopkins and Roger Debenham posing in Sturgeon Bay with seven trout they caught on Lake Michigan hanging from pegs under a sign that reads, "Bay Chart...
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Commodore Heggestad with "Monona-Mobile"

Date: 1955
Description: View from pier of John "Commodore" Heggestad of Department 40 of Gisholt proudly standing on the pontoon of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon boat) on which his...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 07 01 1952
Description: Illustration art of two men in work clothes standing on a factory floor by a turret lathe and work benches talking about newly manufactured machine parts l...

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