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Portrait of Sid with Stringer of Fish

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Description: Full-length portrait of Sid standing on a lawn and holding a stringer of five fish.
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Sid Holding Two Trout

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Description: Portrait of Sid Boyum holding two female brown trout, one 8.5 pounds and the other 6 pounds. In the background is a bridge or pier, and a body of water.
Document

A Poem of Sid Boyum 1913-1991

Date: 1991
Description: A poem expressing Sid's passionate attitude towards his life, nature and art with a drawing of a fish at the bottom. This probably served as Sid's memorial...
Drawing

Drawing of a Bass

Date: 1964
Description: Pencil drawing on tissue of jumping bass.
Photograph

Sid on Lake Michigan with a Trout

Date: 05 1973
Description: Sid Boyum holds a catch while out on Lake Michigan aboard a chartered fishing boat with Bay Charter Service out of Sturgeon Bay.
Photograph

Sid Holding a Trout

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Description: Portrait of Sid standing and holding up a trout in his hands. Both Sid and the trout have an unlit cigar in their mouths. Sid's nails are stained, probably...
Drawing

"Now, Shoot the Guide!"

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Description: Line drawing of a man is holding two big fish. Text below reads: "Now, Shoot the Guide!"
Photograph

Sid Showing Off His Catch

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Description: Full-length portrait of Sid holding a northern pike on a stringer in front of what may be a cabin.
Photograph

Man Ice Fishing

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Description: A man wearing boots and coat is sitting on a box on a sled. Behind him is a cloth (perhaps a wind break) with "S.E. BOYUM" printed on it. The man is holdin...
Print

"Some Times It's Hard to Pick Up A Buck!" Exterior

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Description: Two-fold graphic creation by Sid, exterior front and back. The front pictures a photograph of Sid looking down at a dollar bill on the ground. He is holdin...
Photograph

Cardboard Box and Paper Clipping of Fish

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Description: An image of a fish cut-out, a trout, from a piece of paper is propped on top of a cardboard box.
Photograph

Sid with Smoking Trout

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid with an unlit cigar in his mouth, holding up a trout in both hands. The trout has a cigar stuck in its mouth. The area around the ...
Drawing

Big Bull Angler

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Description: Drawing of a snorting bull standing on the back of a fish which is trying to eat the worm attached to a fishing line. At the bottom a banner reads: "Big Bu...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1982
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing. This drawing appeared in the Capitol Times on April 30, 1982 with the caption: "The opening of the state fishing se...
Print

Greeting Card

Date: 1951
Description: Four-fold, copy art greeting card with two photographs. One on the front shows a man's hands writing "Greetings" on a card next to a photograph of Sid smok...
Photograph

Eager Fisherman Reeling in Trout

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Description: View across water towards a shoreline where an older goateed fisherman wearing hip waders kneels on the bank reeling in a large leaping walleye.
Photograph

Man Holding Northern Pike

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Description: A man wearing hip waders is standing and holding a Northern Pike in his hand near the open trunk of a Packard Ultramatic. People are standing in the backgr...
Drawing

Fish Widow

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Description: Pen and ink drawing of a woman with a basket of fish balanced on her head. Done in angular, geometric abstraction. Background of block pattern, topped with...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1972
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a view from across a stream towards a cigar-smoking fisherman (probably Sid Boyum) on the opposite side of the bank. He ...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - Fish Tips

Date: 1963
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a fisherman embracing a trophy Muskelunge (Muskie), while holding his fishing rod. A sign near the fishing rod reads: "F...

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